In August, the Austin City Council passed a $6.3 billion budget, which is contingent on a controversial 20% property tax increase that’s pending voter approval: Proposition Q on the November ballot.
Houston is also facing budget problems, but Mayor John Whitmire has been on a no-new-taxes crusade.
Chaya Tong, who reports for Austin American-Statesman, said both Austin and Houston are big liberal cities that are facing restraints based on the property tax limit passed by the state Legislature in 2019…