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John Whitmire: “All of our appraisals we believe are unfair.”

Featuring: John Whitmire, Nonpartisan | Mayor of Houston | Texas

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Published | Video Starts at 29:13

What about an increase in property taxes? You pay property taxes whether you make any money or not. And we don't like property taxes because All of our appraisals we believe are unfair. You can have the identical house on the same block and they get two appraisals. And then the schools, you know, you have a school property tax. (29:13–29:17)

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Asserts belief that property appraisals are unfair.

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