![]() Bo Delp, organizer with By the People ATX, called it a "repudiation" of Prop F's provision that a future strong mayor could veto decisions made by City Council, the main message his team had been using to urge Austinites to reject the proposal. F Is for Failīy a little after 7pm Saturday night, it was clear from early vote totals that Austinites for Progressive Reform's " strong mayor" proposal (Proposition F) was failing spectacularly. Interestingly, the same voters delivered a solid victory for Proposition C, which gives more independence and influence to the city's Office of Police Oversight, and an even bigger victory to Austin's firefighters, the only city employees with collective bargaining rights that will now be even more useful. ![]() But it wasn't enough, especially as Central Austin voters in precincts that would normally be dependably "progressive" took this opportunity to give City Hall's homelessness strategy a failing grade. Prop B banked its margin of victory in early voting the Homes Not Handcuffs campaign against it, which got a late start, does appear to have boosted election day turnout, which broke firmly against the measure. The last mayoral election held in May, in 2012, saw a 10.7% turnout. The campaign's $1 million in spending did, it appears, drive at least some people to the polls who would normally sit out a May special election the total turnout of 22.6% countywide (about 90% of which was city voters) was the highest Austin's seen in a May election since 1994. Greg Abbott – crowing on Twitter about the "stern rebuke" delivered to City Hall. The policy ramifications of this are already playing out this week at Council (see " Austin at Large"), but Save Austin Now, the largely Republican campaign to overturn the city's 2019 moves to decriminalize homelessness, was more focused on the politics on election night, with its highest-profile supporter – Gov. The big news on Saturday night was the result that many political observers expected: a solid win for Proposition B, the measure to reinstate Austin's ordinances that restrict public camping, panhandling, and other aspects of homelessness, with criminal penalties for violators. The new guidelines also allow a deduction for any real estate taxes paid on property owned by the institution that is used for a tax-exempt purpose.įiscal year 2012 was the first year under the new PILOT guidelines.Demonstrators erected about a dozen tents outside City Hall on Monday, May 3, in protest of Proposition B's passage (Photo by John Anderson) Participants in the program include institutions from the educational, medical, and cultural sectors that own property valued in excess of $15 million.Įach institution is eligible for a community benefits deduction generally limited to 50 percent of the PILOT contribution. The new guidelines call for voluntary payments based on an institution's tax-exempt property value. In January 2011, the City adopted new guidelines for the PILOT program as recommended by the PILOT Task Force. PILOT contributions help to offset the burden placed on Boston taxpayers to fund City services for all property owners. ![]() These City services are made available to both taxable property owners and those property owners who are exempt from the property tax. The property tax revenue collected by the City of Boston each year helps to fund important services such as police and fire protection, as well as snow removal.
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