> PropQ will raise your taxes 200 times more than the city says it needs. City Council proposed PropQ to fill a $30M shortfall in the total $6.3B budget. But in just 10 years, PropQ will raise your taxes by ~$10B! That’s 210 times more than they say they need.
> City Council is holding basic city services hostage. PropQ says the new tax money will be spent to:
>>> “reduce homelessness; improve parks and recreation facilities and services; enhance public health services and public safety …”
>>> “housing affordability”, and
>>> “ensure financial stability”
Don’t you think such basic city services should be part of the base $6.3B budget?
> What in heaven’s name will the rest of the $6.3B budget be spent on, if PropQ funds those named programs?
> Vote no until you know the city will spend your money carefully.
>>> If PropQ passes, your city property taxes will be more than 60% higher than in 2019. Sixty percent higher taxes in just 6 years!
>>> The city wastes your money. Just look at salaries. In 2023, the City of Austin had over 4,000 employees making $100K or more. That’s one expensive employee for every 240 Austinites. How does Austin compare with other Texas cities? Austin has twice as many expensive employees per resident as Dallas, 3 times as many as Fort Worth, 3.5 times as many as Houston. In 2022, Austin had 10 times as many as San Antonio. (Source: www.OpenPayrolls.com)
>>> Do you think public safety is less important than Austin’s new logo? The city does.
>>> The city has resisted an outside audit for years. What is the city hiding?
Vote No on PropQ. There’s no need to raise taxes, programs Austinite’s want should be prioritized, and the city should spend your money carefully.