Nine days before the October 5 deadline, every published figure came from a county that stopped to count. No state agency has published a statewide total.
One story, two homeowner figures for a $400,000 home. The total implies a taxable value near $320,000. The increase implies no exemption at all.
Harris County Engineering identified 200 drainage project areas in unincorporated Harris County. At $1 million to $20 million each, that is $200 million to $4 billion, and none of it is funded.
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Council approved a $1.7 million TIRZ budget September 4 and extended the county’s Uptown pledge to 2040. The $1.7 million led. The 2040 date did not.
Seven counties confirmed more than 178,000 records DPS never forwarded. Sen. Paul Bettencourt faults the Secretary of State. Harris County’s figure is not in any readable source.
Harris County ESD 9 adopted a 4.5 cent rate Thursday, raising $3.9 million above no-new-revenue. The budget approved the same night carries a $3.89 million shortfall.
The city denied a student’s claim, then the mayor arranged a replacement car through the police union. Houston pays 23 percent of the damage claims that come out of police work.
The Salary Grievance Committee recommended $181,411.36, exactly 30 percent above the current salary. It was item 2 on the September 8 budget agenda. The record says no action was taken.
Hunter Hays Simmons pleaded no contest and got three years of deferred adjudication, per Hoodline. No published account gives the court, the judge or the cause number.
The Lake Houston Redevelopment Authority publishes capital plans for Northpark Drive. The costs officials gave at a September 22 town hall run about $20 million and $24 million higher.
The Model Cities notice requires no cost share. Page 6 says every award carries a condition to reimburse the cost of federal law enforcement help in a future surge. No ceiling is stated.
Adding 11 floodgates to the Lake Houston dam now costs $315 million. Only $120 million is identified. Nobody at the September 22 town hall said where the rest comes from.