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“Power tends to corrupt. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.” City of Houston Ordinance Excerpts Regarding Proposition HPROPOSITION H[Related to Supporting Public Safety and a Limitation on Revenues] "To pay for the public safety needs of an increased population, the City of Houston may collect revenues of $90 million for police, fire and emergency medical services and related communications and dispatch costs, so long as the Fiscal Year 2007 (Tax Year 2006) combined property tax rate is at or below the combined property tax rate in Fiscal Year 2006 (Tax Year 2005), notwithstanding any applicable revenue limitations in the Charter. Any amount collected under this authority must be spent on police, fire and emergency medical services and related communications and dispatch costs. This amount shall be added to any applicable revenue limitations in Fiscal Year 2007 (Tax Year 2006) and any base used to calculate revenue limitations in following budget years.” (Underlining added.)
Ballot Language Specified By The Ordinance: PROPOSITION H[Related to Supporting Public Safety and a Limitation on Revenues] Shall the City of Houston be authorized to collect and spend $90 million for increased police, fire and emergency medical services, without raising the tax rate? Note: Please see commentary under main page buttons titled: (a) “Crime & Cops-Actual Facts”; (b) “Props G & H-Illegal”; and (c) “$90 Million More-From Where?”.
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