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THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1978
Success of taxpayers’ revolt results
in promises to reduce taxes in Texas
United Press International
AUSTIN — The success of a
California taxpayers' revolt in plac
ing drastic restrictions on property
taxes there Wednesday resulted in
promises from Texas gubernatorial
candidates reduce taxes here.
Democratic candidate John Hill
said he would push for property tax
relief while Republican Bill Cle
ments recommended Texas go even
further than Californians have.
“I don’t think Proposition 13 is
really complete,” Clements said. T
think we need iron-clad limitations
on taxation and the growth of gov
ernment spending. It is time for a
full scale holy war on taxes.”
Bullock says ceiling
would cut bills
United Press International
AUSTIN — A tax ceiling similar
to the limit approved by California
voters Tuesday would cut Dallas
and Houston residents’ tax bills in
half, Comptroller Bob Bullock said
Wednesday.
Bullock released an analysis by
his staff indicating the California tax
limit plan would reduce tax revenue
in Texas $1 billion to $5 billion.
Such a ceiling would cost schools,
cities, counties and special districts
in the state’s five largest counties
$700 million a year, Assistant Comp
troller Walt Lilie estimated.
“A 2 percent limitation on annual
increases (in assessments) would
cause even more severe tax reduc
tions in the year ahead, Lilie said.
Lilie said combined taxes im
posed by schools, cities, counties
and special districts total about 2
percent of the market value of all
property in Harris and Dallas coun
ties and exceed 1 percent in I ar
rant, Bexar and Travis counties.
“Proposition 13 would have its
greatest impact in urban areas
where taxpayers are subject to high
city tax levies and in areas such as
South Texas where low market val
ues have forced the imposition of
high tax rates,” Lilie said. Many
rural counties have combined
county-school tax rates well below 1
percent of market value and would
not be affected. ”
Hill said California’s overwhelm
ing vote would aid his proposals for
tax relief, but indicated he did not
believe Such extreme measures
were needed in Texas.
He said in the coming week he
would urge Lt. Gov. William
Hobby and Speaker Bill Clayton to
expand a legislative study on prop
erty taxes to consider methods to
limit property taxes.
“The California vote confirms
what I found in my campaigning
during the last five months — that
property owners feel they’re being
victimized by endless increases in
taxes,” Hill said. “It’s obvious we
need to put in our property tax laws
some safeguard against the overuse
of property taxes we saw in Califor-
appealing and one that I want to
pursue,” Hill said. “(But) we don’t
have the severity of problem that
they had in California. ”
Clements said a constitutional
amendment to limit Texas taxation
and spending was needed.
Other Republican leaders joined
him in hailing the California vote
and calling for a similar tax ceiling in
Texas.
GOP state chairman Ray Barnhart
called the California tax limit a
momentous event for the average
American’s struggle against big gov
ernment.
Gramm favors
Proposition 13
He said he would ask the Legisla
ture to guarantee elderly homeown
ers tax exemptions for the first
$5,000 value, expand exemptions
from inheritance taxes, allow ag
ricultural land to be assessed on its
productive capability rather than
market value and provide additional
state money to offset the need for
local school taxes.
Hill said he wants to see the im
pact of the California tax limit and
study prospects for Texas before tak
ing a position on an absolute limit on
taxes.
“The concept of proposition 13 is
United Press International
COLLEGE STATION — Demo
cratic congressional candidate Phil
Gramm said Wednesday California’s
Proposition 13 — despite being
poorly conceived and potentially
discouraging to real estate sales —
might be copied in Texas.
“If it can happen there you can
bet your life it can happan here,
Gramm said of the passage Tuesday
of the tax-limiting initiative.
Gramm, a Texas A&M economist
for 11 years and winner of the Dem
ocratic primary runoff for the 6th
District, said tax reform was needed
at the state and federal levels,
primarily to enable middle income
families to deal with inflation.
“I believe that the important
thing about the tax revolt in Califor
nia and throughout the country is
that it’s not coming from rich
people,” Gramm said. “Primarily
the ranks of the tax revolt are made
up of middle-income people who
were paying as much in social secu
rity taxes as income taxes and who
also face very high property taxes in
their state.
“Our governments are now taking
40 cents out of every dollar of in
come. Government spending at all
levels has grown so rapidly in the
last 10 years that the average
American worker is no better off
today than he was 10 years ago in
terms of his after-tax purchasing
power.”
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Krueger says Tower 'embarrassment’ to Texans
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AUSTIN — Rep. Bob Krueger, being an embarrassment to Texans
D-Texas, Wednesday accused his an( ] Q f perpetually appealing to
opponent in the November elec- people’s fears.
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At a news conference following a
meeting with Mexican-American
precinct coordinators, Krueger said
Tower’s 1714 years “of negation and
fear was already too much for
Texas.
“His record is absolutely appal
ling,” said the congressman from
New Braunfels. “I think people
would like to put that record be
hind.”
Krueger said Tower’s record on
minority affairs reflected the senior
Texas senator’s disrespect for the
individual rights of millions of Tex-
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HOUSTON — The Interior De
partment will seek funds to buy part
of the Palmetto Bend Reservoir
project for a wildlife refuge, a fed
eral official has said.
In a letter to the Texas Public
Interest Research Group, Interior
Department Deputy Undersecre-
rary) Barbara Heller said wildlife
refuge acquisition funds and more
construction appropriations would
be sought by her department for the
project, which is 80 percent com
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Until the recent decision by
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The Democratic U.S. Senate
nominee assailed Tower for voting
against the Civil Rights Act of 1964,
a law guaranteeing minority Ameri
cans access to public restaurants,
motels and swimming pools.
“John Tower didn’t resjrect tbe
people of this state enough to vote
for it,’’said Krueger. “He said the
law was unconstitutional.
Krueger also said Tower opposed
abolition of the poll tax in 1962; was
the only senator in 1963 to speak
against a package of bills designed to
help migrant workers; voted against
the Voting Rights Act of 1965; voted
against the Fair Housing Act of
1968; and opposed in 1975 extension
of the Voting Rights Act.
“John Tower’s record in the area
of protecting individual rights is
based on prejudice and fear and ap
peals to our worst instincts,” said
thp ,two-term congressman. “Texas
can never eiijby the full positon of
national leadership to which it is
entitled so long as divisiveness and
negation characterize the record of
one of its senators. ”
"The essence of leadership is to
unite. But he (Tower) is the voice of
fear and obstruction.”
Krueger said he would probably
not attempt to equal Tower’s cam
paign chest.
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AUSTIN — Texas Agriculture
Commissioner Reagan V. Brown
Wednesday criticized the Carter
administration for renegotiating
meat import quotas with New Zea
land and Australia in an attempt to
lower inflation.
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Carter was expected to announce
his decision Thursday to renegotiate
the meat importation agreement
with the two countries.
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Just when cattlemen are regain
ing the losses of four years and are
trying to get out of debt is no time to
bring in beef from other countries, ”
Brown said. “Especially,is it unfair
to negotiate with New Zealand and
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more pounds of beef will not (
reduce prices in the market, butwl
reduce cattlemen’s confidence i|
the future,” Brown said.
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markets for the major supply of of® e
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