This week on Houston Newsmakers: As Election Day inches closer, we focus on the big issues and the top races locally. Also: Fort Bend County residents will vote on whether to keep the same tax rate or not -- a $47M difference for Fort Bend ISD.
Election Day is coming this Tuesday, and one of the top races locally is the Harris County Judge position. Mark Jones, Ph.D., Political Science Fellow from the Baker Institute of Public Policy at Rice University and Kevin Stuart, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of St. Thomas explains why that’s the case.
“Assuming that Mealer wins along with Jack Cagle in Precinct four, Republicans would have the majority on commissioners court,” he said. “It’s going to be very hard to sustain that story come Wednesday when Republicans have won an enormous number of races up and down the ballot,” he said. Because they’re not going to want to call those races into question.”
“They’re about asking voters to consider a tax rate adjustment to the maintenance and operations side of the house, which is the part that pays salaries and utilities and materials as opposed to building buildings,” Whitbeck said.
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