ScottBowen said:I'm as conservative as can be and definitely voting against Garcia and Hidalgo in Pct 2, but the argument that we should only spend money in unincorporated areas has never made sense to me. Houston/small city taxpayers pay county taxes, so they should get services from the county in at least somewhat equal measure.YellAg2004 said:I thought in the past it was split based on unincorporated geographic area. When CC flipped, that was one of the first items the Ds changed, claiming it should be "equitable", ignoring the fact that the County has significantly more infrastructure they're responsible for in 3 & 4 vs. 1 & 2.AlaskanAg99 said:
Ellis again muscling in again on how county funds were split. In the past it was 25% per precinct, each octbsupposed to have an equal number of residents. But the geography split between city/unincorporated is not evenly split.
To further explain what Ellis is talking about and demanding. Commissioner Precints do cover the whole county including incorporated cities. But it's not an equitable division. Here's the % breakdown for unincorporated HC (UHC):
Pct 1: 14.2%
Pct 2: 14.6%
Pct 3: 44.6%
Pct 4: 26.5%
By demanding a larger portion of overall funds, the goal is to channel mote of it into COH and other smaller cities. Which really short changes residents if UHC. Essentially they're funding the corrupt cities who cannot manage their resources. And this also hinders the R commissioners of Pcts 3&4.
Also, thanks for giving the highlights/synopsis. Very much appreciated.
It depends on what taxes are being paid to which part of local government. I'm in UHC, HCAD states I pay to 9 funds.
ISD
HC
HC Flood Control
Port
HC Hospital
HC Education Dept (?, no idea what they do)
Lone Star
MUD
HC Emergency Services
ISD is by Far the largest portion.
Now to find a rando city home.
ISD
HC
HC FLOOD CONTROL
PORT
HC HOSPITAL
HC EDUCATION
CITY OF HOUSTON
SPRING BRANCE MGT DIST
So that's interesting. I know when it comes to roads HC can only work on roads/bridges that are on the HC Road Log, and that generally excludes city roads.
Flood Control has their own revenue stream and works on the channel system.
Everything else is social programs.