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Joshua Acevedo: “That is flipped in many other communities like Phoenix or…”

Featuring: Joshua Acevedo, El Paso City Council, District 2 | Texas

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El Paso District 2 Representative Joshua Acevedo Discusses Community Development and Challenges on 915 Talk

Published | Video Starts at 16:28

I want to make it here and I want to improve the community to make sure that we are bringing those jobs. Right now we have our taxes, 70% property taxes from residential. 30 is commercial. Right. That is flipped in many other communities like Phoenix or Dallas or Austin. And so they are not necessarily feeling the, the hurt as much with their property taxes. Right. Because they've been able to get more commercial in and what comes in with more commercial, better paying jobs. (16:28–16:33)

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Asserts that in cities like Phoenix, Dallas, or Austin, the proportion of property taxes from residential and commercial sources is reversed compared to El Paso.

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