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buying a home or renting an
apartment are finding one in
condominium ownership.
by Jim Mattox
Attorney General
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related and it must be expected that in
the event of an economic recovery their
comeback will be much, much slower.
Therefore we have every reason /o
doubt that even the lesser one of the two
growth projections submitted with the
bond proposal will materialize. That Vh
percent annual growth assumption would
increase the taxes for a $50,000 00 proper-
ty from $55.00 in the first year to $334.00
in the fifth year of the program.
One does not have to be a math major
to figure out what the increase would
have to be if the growth rate would
average 5 percent over the next five
years Also we must not forget that this is
in addition to (he present tax rate of 70
cents per $100 00 assessed valuation.
It does not include the possibility of an
increase in the present (base) rate,
which may be needed to finance vital ser-
vices
In order to be absolutely realistic we
need to remember that a few weeks from
now all of us will have to cough up an
extra nickel per gallon in federal fuel
taxes. This does not only mean less
money in our pockets on account of that
but most goods we consume will go up in
price
Rumblings from Austin indicate that
our friends there will tap us for a state
fee or tax of some kind or the other be-
fore long.
Index
Drawer EEE
Aransas Pass, Texas 78336
Dear Sir:
Tax called by any other name
is still a tax.
An increase in state fees is an
increase in state taxes.
Both increases have the same
result: more money for the
government and less money for
the taxpayer.
Sunday, Feb. 27
Tuesday, March I
The increased valuations have
raised the amoung of tax revenue to
the city. Granted, not as much as is
needed to go on with the work that
is planned at the rate it is planned,
but perhaps enough to begin and to
continue at a slower rate.
In light of the economic times with
which we are all struggling, perhaps
some positive stop gap measures
are called for.
Perhaps some alternatives to such
a large increase in the taxes could
be arrived at. Perhaps there is
another answer to equating the ob-
vious need and the equally obvious
problems that will be created in try-
ing to pay for It.
Letter to the Editor:
The Index started off the discussion
about the proposed Capital Improvement
Bond Issue last week In closing the edit-
or raised the point: Mavbe we can not af-
ford it but can we afford not to?
After attending the "Town Hall” meet
ing on 2-14-83 and the "regional” meeting
for my area of the city on 2-17-83 I like to
submit that there is a third possibility
which so far has not been considered .
Start with a little less and do it a little
slower. In order to accomplish some-
thing worthwhile and noticeable, expect
some of those who directly benefit from
certain improvements to pay for at least
part of them in a more direct manner
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TEXAS PRESS
ASSOCIATION
Proposal 3: Park Improvements art
needed, were properly planned and could
have been provided without additional
cost to Ingleside taxpayers. As a civic
worker in Ingleside for almost 22 years
serving for almost 6 years on the Park
Board I have a very good working know-
ledge of park and recreational needs.
My friends on the present Park Board
and I had secured expert advice to help
us plan major improvements to all 3
parks. I have conferred with the Texas
Department of Parks and Wildlife in re-
gards to- major improvements to Live
Oak and Oak Terrace Parks.
As the result we submitted detailed
plans and the forms necessary to apply
for a state matching grant to the Ingle-
side City Council at its regular meeting
March 16, 1982. No action was taken by
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□□ Heavy rains stopped
drainage project surveys for
What is it? Basically, it’s
something like purchasing a
unit in an apartment complex
and becoming part-owner of
the central facilities of the
complex—the pools, tennis
courts, towns. and trees, land,
and building.
house.
I can not accept the statement that this
type of improvement can not be paid for
on an assessment basis. Why should this
not work in Ingleside if it works else-
where?
As far as the street and drainage im-
provements are concerned the point is
not that they are not needed, but that a
slower approach would be less wasteful
and more affordable. Therefore Proposal
No. 1 deserves your: NO vote.
To the other two items:
Item No. 2: Improvement of fire fighting
facilities and equipment is rather vague.
It does not address itself to the future
utilization or disposal of the present fire
barn and how the proceeds from the sale
of that site would be applied. Further
study is needed. Therefore this otherwise
important issue merits a NO vote at this
time.
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P.O. Box 550 — Ingleside. Texas 78362
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Phone Aransas Pass 758-5391 or Ingleside 776-7824
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In a recent news article
Lieutenant Governor Hobby
was quoted saying “The new
buzz word is ‘user fees’. It used
to be ‘revenue enhancement' -
anything but ‘tax’ What dif-
ference does it make? It's
dollars and we need dollars
very badly.”
Taxpayers also "need dollars
very badly” and we think the
buzz word should be "cut spen-
ding" rather than “user fees"
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Cl U.S. SENATOR for TEXAS
WASHINGTON, D.C. 38510
If I listened correctly at the two meet-
ings I attended, I heard that this is what
most of our people want. First of all we
need to remember that all of us, home-
owners as well as commercial property
owners, just a short time ago experienc-
ed a very substantial increase in the tax
dollars collected by all three local taxing
agencies.
Then we need to realize that every time
gas. electric or phone rates increase, and
all of them have during the past 12
months, the city likewise enjoys an in-
crease in receipts because the city utility
franchise tax is based on gross receipts.
This tax is paid very promptly and the
city has almost no collection expense
Incidentally the utility companies pay
that tax for the privileges of using city
roads and rights-of-way
When we evaluate the additional tax
burden we are expected to accept, we
need to consider the fact that virtually all
industries in or near Ingleside are energy
increased house payments.
How much more will the house pay-
ment be in five years?
When the five year period is over,
the city tax rate we are told, will
begin to slide downward. This will
not be true of the house payment.
The excess will go into an escrow
account.
While we may claim it at the end
of the year, it is money out of pocket
that we do not have the use of and
do not receive interest on when it is
returned to us.
One of the alternatives to the pro-
posed bond issue, is to look at a
smaller scale program of street
repair. Small scale in as far as the
same work would be done, but take
longer.
Thursday. February 24. 1983
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As stated above some of the planned
improvements should be paid in a more
direct manner: I do not expect anybody
else to pay for the curbing and guttering
of several hundred feet of street frontage
of downtown property we own any more
than I am willing to pay for the same im-
provements in front of somebody else’s
In 1973
□□ Steven Nix making
all A's at O.T. Blaschke
School.
□□ Worth and Dana
Russell Green, at Southwest
University in Georgetown,
at home for a weekend with
their parents, Rev. and Mrs.
Dana Green.
□□ Home Demonstra-
tion Club met in the home of
Mrs. M.D. Nickey with Mrs.
G.A. McFatridge co-hosting.
But consumers considering
the purchase of a con-
dominium should investigate
closely. Buying a condo-
minium means buying certain
responsibilities And it could
mean buying a headache, if
you haven’t checked on cer-
tain things in advance.
Sometimes, developers may
build more units than the cen-
tral facilities can accom-
modate. Make sure you find
out in advance how many
units will be built, and that
there will be enough recrea-
tional and maintenance
facilities to prevent over-
crowding.
Complaints that appliances,
carpeting, draperies, building
material. and workmanship
don’t rssembls the promo-
tional brochures have been
reported. The way to avoid
such problems is to go see the
condominium before Huyinx
Ixrok not only at your unit,
but at the communal facilities.
As we said last week, recognizing
a need and being able to pay for it
are two seperate but equal con-
siderations.
We recognize the need for the
proposed street improvements con-
tained in the upcoming bond issue
now facing Ingleside property
owners.
The decision as to whether or not
to support It, Is based on weighing
the consequences both ways.
If the $8,000,000 bond issue for
the street improvements passes, it
will provide the city with long over-
due street and drainage repairs and
bring the byways of the City of In-
gleside up to the condition they
should have been a long time ago.
The cost of auto repairs and
maintenance may go down slightly
but at the peak of the five years
over which the work is to be done,
city taxes could double. That is if the
valuations of the property remain at
the present figure.
We questipn if this is logical to
assume, knowing full well what
happens when one assumes
anything.
Other considerations include
what the county and school tax rates
will do in five years. Will they re-
main the same or will they be in-
creased?
With the new valuations being
taxed at 100 percent and being con-
siderably higher than last year,
many homeowners are facing
ODD National Honor
Society of Ingleside High
School initiated new
members: Frank Clapsad-
dle, Arnold Govella, Rusty
Gregorczky, Nancy Jones,
Lonnie Keepers, Francis
Krebs, Jim Kucera, Karl
Ladewig, Pam Larsen, Lillie
Lindley, Gail McIntire, Pat
Plant, Becky Wiggins and
Wanda Wilson.
J. G. Richards and Richard P. Richards
Owners and Publishers
Larry Wittnebert John Bowers
Editor Advertising Manager
Lauro Simank
Tim Fischer
Associate Editors
All Texas Taxpayers better
get prepared for more state
taxes. When our elected of-
ficials start disguising their ac-
tions we’ve had it! Don’t be fool-
ed. Those people are going to
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Credit Card Fee Ban
Would Hurt Consumer
By Avery Rush, Jr., Chairmen,
Texas Mid-Continent OH & Gas Association
For a time, some oil companies have elected to col-
lect a processing fee from retailers and wholesalers sell-
ing goods and services paid for on a company's credit
card. Some other companies have chosen not to collect
a fee but to recover credit costs through wholesale gaso-
line prices, while others have chosen not to offer credit
at all.
The processing fee. generally threepercent, is deducted
from each credit ticket submitted to the company for
reimbursement. The retailer already has received a lower
wholesale price from the supplier since the cost of credit
has been added to the cost of the product.
The retailer has an option He may pass along credit
costs to all customers equally or eliminate them to cash
customers through lower prices Most motorists prefer
this option, with 70-percent of gasoline purchased for
cash.
In recent years, inflation and higher interest rates have
caused all codts associated with credit cards to escalate.
Nevertheless, two bills (HB 206 and SB 342) have been
introduced in the 68th Texas Legislature to outlaw levy-
ing the processing fee.
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stand for
either the city council or the city man-
ager, the new proposal to float a quarter
million dollar bond issue was never dis-
cussed with any member of the Ingleside
Park Board At our 2-14-83 meeting we
discussed the funding for park improve-
ments briefly.
It was the board’s unanimous decision
to endorse our original proposal that
would have resulted in improvements
with a total value of $90,000.00. No tex or
bond money would be needed for that
purpose.
The grant application could have been
submitted to the state some time ago.
There was an excellent chance that work
could have been under way by now.
Therefore, like the other two, Proposal
No. 3 deserve your NO vote
During the town hall meeting we were
told that the bonds would be paid off with-
in 15 to 20 years. Please be referred to the
City’s “Public Notice” (Index 2-17-83)
where it is stated several times that
bonds are to mature in a period of not
more than 40 years from their date etc.
There is at least the possibility that other
parts of the proposed bond conditions
could likewise stand improvement.
The overriding questions are not the
need for certain improvements but their
affordability under the present circum-
stances and whether the burden resulting
from the proposals will be shared fairly.
After many hours of soul searching and
discussions with my friends and neigh-
bors I came to the conclusion that there
is only one possible answer to both ques-
tions: NO. So for the good of our city and
for your benefit send the planners back to
the drawing board and: VOTE NO ON
ALL 3 PROPOSALS on March 5, 1983.
Bill Schmidt
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We take note of George Washington’s birthday
February 22 not only to honor our first President, but also
to reaffirm the principles on which this nation was found-
ed and which Washington exemplified so well.
As a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, a
young George Washington labored assiduously to bring
American grievances to the attention of the British govern-
ment. When this proved useless, he joined the patriots who
declared and fought for our independence as a free nation.
In fact, Washington already was commanding the
fledgling Continental Army a year before the formal
Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776.
As commander of the American Army, Washington
served diligently and effectively at great personal sacrifice.
His leadership made it possible for dedicated but poorly
equipped and vastly outnumbered forces to prevail over one
of the premier world powers of the era.
Imagine for a moment the personal leadership qualities
that were required to keep intact a hungry, cold, and un-
paid army during that long winter at Valley Forge.
After the Revolution, Washington hoped to retire to
Mount Vernon and resume a normal private life. But when
the nation, struggling to survive under the weak Articles of
Confederation, called him back into service, he answered
willingly and presided over the Constitutional Convention.
As was his habit, he said little publicly during that conven-
tion, but his leadership was instrumental in the creation of
the Constitution which continues to serve us well two cen-
turies later.
Thus, Washington was a natural choice to be the first
President of the new republic. His force of character helped
shape the office of the presidency. Today’s Presidents have
the benefit of years of precedent to guide them in defining
their role in government. But think how much courage and
wisdom it took to lead a brand new nation when the limits
of power and responsibility were nebulou$, and the deci-
sions to be made were difficult and often risk-laden.
Thus, in the midst of the Washington's Birthday sales,
the cherry pie, let
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’ashington's answer was, "There is
freedom. There is space for a man to be alone and think,
and there are friends who owe each other nothing but
affection.”
We are still blessed with that freedom, and with a car
ing, dedicated citizenry. We still possess as a nation the
qualities we admire in George Washington. These qualities
have seen us through difficult times before, and will con-
tinue to do so. It is this that we really are celebrating on
Washington’s birthday.
the city, according to R.D.
Brashear, mayor.
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Club planned a benefit
fashion show for im-
provements of Faith Park.
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Community Calendar of Events
9:98 TOPS 497 meets at IOOF Hall on
W. Main
9:30 Downtown Men’s Bible Class
12:00 Rotary Club meets at Garden
Center.
12:08 Chamber of Commerce meets at
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497 meets at IOOF Hall on
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