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Posted: 8/18/2017 6:58:09 AM EDT
"It's something that this community wanted," Katy ISD Superintendent Lance Hindt told KTRK. "I don't think the cost was anything that they really looked into."
But that title might not last long because in Texas, high school football is taken seriously -- and serious money is spent on stadiums. Link |
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It's not just the property taxes, which for most wealthy suburban counties is rarely raised (mine says 20 years and this year the tax rate is going down).
It's the assessment where they get us, which can be increased 10% per year. |
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Boo fucking hoo. |
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Everyone here cries about the skyrocketing property taxes every year, but they can't dream of little Johnny playing Pee Wee football in anything less than D1 accommodations. Only the best for my little Johnny!
It's insane. |
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How much are their property taxes? View Quote |
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Texas doesnt fuck around when it comes to high school football. Friday Night Lights.
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The guy crying about it has a household income of 150-200k, on a "valued" 200k home, said it increased by 60k, so he has a lot of free equity, and purchased a 140k home. Boo fucking hoo. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
Boo fucking hoo. |
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I'd really don't see anything wrong with high property taxes as long as the residents get what they want.
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Don't forget that sweet 8.25% sales tax Texans have too, despite no income tax.
I don't live in that burg but if I did I would be trying to find a spot outside of that school district post haste. Property taxes are way too high. Oh and the equity thing? Whoopee do. All that means is even if you try to downsize the next house is going to have some inflated price and your money will be tied up there for the duration of ownership too....for which you get the privilege of being taxed on it. |
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I live in Katy. Football is king so by no means does it surprise me this was approved. And no I don't agree with it at all.
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Don't forget that sweet 8.25% sales tax Texans have too, despite no income tax. I don't live in that burg but if I did I would be trying to find a spot outside of that school district post haste. Property taxes are way too high. Oh and the equity thing? Whoopee do. All that means is even if you try to downsize the next house is going to have some inflated price and your money will be tied up there for the duration of ownership too....for which you get the privilege of being taxed on it. View Quote |
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There should be no high school sports.
You want to play games, get a monopoly board and do it after 3pm. |
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This is utterly indefensible. Without reading the thread, I'm going to bet a bunch of Texans in the thread are defending it though, or just attacking people for where they live (ad hominem).
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And how much does a teacher make a year at that school? I'm sure it ain't shit
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Believe me, they are not hurting for money in Katy, as well as many other nicer cities around Houston.
It's mind boggling how much money changes hands yearly around that area. |
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here's how this shit happens. The school board and district hold a referendum vote on this. They make daaaaamned sure to hold that off season - never on the same day as an actual election. literally 2% of the population vote. It passes - it always passes - because all the teachers, contractors, and football morons all go and vote for it.
I watched a quarter BILLION dollar budget increase pass in my district using this exact model. 2% of the population voted - that was it. |
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Everyone here cries about the skyrocketing property taxes every year, but they can't dream of little Johnny playing Pee Wee football in anything less than D1 accommodations. Only the best for my little Johnny! It's insane. View Quote Is it a Texas thing, the snowflake generation or both? |
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It's not just the property taxes, which for most wealthy suburban counties is rarely raised (mine says 20 years and this year the tax rate is going down). It's the assessment where they get us, which can be increased 10% per year. View Quote Property taxes are not bad in Harris County, unless you roll over and take it. |
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Income taxes wouldn't go towards the local government anyway. View Quote |
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If you're not making good grades, you may as well know how to catch a ball.
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a monument to the school superintendent and the board. A fucking waste of taxpayer dollars.
Glad I don't live in that school district and paying taxes for that monstrosity. #propertytaxreform |
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I'm sure you have an awesome reason why..... View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes |
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This is utterly indefensible. Without reading the thread, I'm going to bet a bunch of Texans in the thread are defending it though, or just attacking people for where they live (ad hominem). View Quote This is utterly ridiculous. The older I get the more I think we should remove sports from school and turn them over to the private sector for club leagues. At the NCAA level you can have schools sponsor club teams so they still can have COLLEGE FOOTBALL!!!!! but the kids are actually paid professionals hired by the school and it can be the farm league for the NFL. Hey, hopefully, they can actually use this stadium unlike the $60 million abortion in Allen. |
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I grew up in South East PA in the 80's and football was huge, not on the level of Texas, but close and I couldn't imagine stadiums like this. Is it a Texas thing, the snowflake generation or both? View Quote Throw in a couple of big contractor golf buddies and bam......$70 million stadium |
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