Support HB 1775
Why do we need elected commissioners for emergency service districts?
Because our current emergency service districts are taxing us without representation.
Travis County ESD2 has a 50 million dollar budget. This is as large as our city’s general operation budget. Which should be govern by elected commissioners.
Our unelected ESD commissioners have increased taxes as high as allowed by state laws, without having an election.
Travis county ESD2 is collecting from two different property taxes, 2 different sales taxes, and fees from our insurance companies.
For our unelected ESD 2 Board, the taxes collected are never enough. We need ESD Board members that live inside the district.
Our commissioners should be accountable to the people who live in the district and elected by the people. Support HB 1775 to have an accountable government and elected emergency service district boards.