Not You, Not Me – Tax That Fellow Behind the Tree!

The Austin Chronicle: News: On the Lege: "The special legislative session doesn't end until Wednesday, but the business lobby is already popping the champagne corks. That's because consumers and regular working stiffs, not businesses, will be shouldering the larger cost of 'the biggest property tax cut in Texas history!'

Bowing to brass-knuckle pressure from Gov. Rick Perry and the business lobby, a weary Senate early Monday passed a meeker version of what was originally touted as a bold initiative for business tax reform – a proposal that would have given voters a say in reducing their property taxes while broadening the state business tax."