Stop the 281 Steal!

The City of San Antonio (CoSA) is trying to saddle Comal County taxpayers with CoSA's bill.

Don't forget, Bexar County has a similar "Affordable Housing" program. Bexar County should not be able to pass of a tax burden onto Comal County taxpayers either. 

See inset graphics.

The semi-transparent orange overlay highlighted by the orange line is Comal ISD zone, while the purple is CoSA city limits and political boundaries. 

Years ago, Comal Independent School District (ISD) and Comal County taxpayers were generous enough to agree to provide public school services in northern Bexar County, along with other areas outside of Comal County's actual borders. 

Through a crafted strong-armed political manipulation of Bexar County Precinct 3 Emergency Services District (ESD) board members by targeting their own personal neighborhoods with forced annexation, prior to Senate Bill (SB)-6 passing in the 86th legislature, CoSA coerced these ESD board members into signing an Interlocal Agreement (ILA) that allowed CoSA to annex 1000 feet to the left, and 1000 feet to the right, of Highway (HWY) 281 North all the way up to the Comal County border. 

Virtually, CoSA would not have been able to annex these lands without demonstrating a fire and ambulance services plan to the area. 

But, by politically strong-arming the Bexar County Precinct 3 ESD board members as described above, CoSA was off the hook.

As a result, CoSA has scale-level plans through its Transit Oriented District (TOD) concept to erect Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) projects along HWY 281 North in this area that receives public school service by Comal ISD. 

We sat down with a source and examined real estate data from high confidence sourcing.

We cross-referenced, and tried to export from our data sources, a million different ways to one, to determine if there are any single family residential Comal ISD property taxpayers that live inside CoSA city limits. This would mean they would be eligible to vote in CoSA city elections, including to have been eligible for CoSA's "Affordable Housing" bond that was put to public vote.

We couldn't find....a single....one.

This has been one of CoSA's arguments: "We put our Affordable Housing bond program to public vote and it passed."

There are virtually no single-family residential Comal ISD property tax payers inside the CoSA city limits that would have been eligible to vote for CoSA's "Affordable Housing" bond.

On the side of error, we are willing to give CoSA 100 households and two eligible voters per household in that graphic that are zoned for Comal ISD that would have been eligible to vote for CoSA's "Affordable Housing" bond for these LIHTC projects.

So, let's say there are 200 voters in that CoSA geography that happens to be zoned for Comal ISD.

CoSA has already placed one of these LIHTC projects called Canyon Pass apartments at 281 North and Overlook Parkway that is zoned for Comal ISD, with again, very little public notification if at all.

Virtually no one knew about it being a LIHTC project.

Now, CoSA is placing another LIHTC project called "Creek Bend" at 281 North and Borgfeld Drive that is zoned for Comal ISD.

Each one of these projects bring in hundreds of students into Comal ISD schools and won't pay millions upon millions of property taxes to Comal ISD while the rest of Comal ISD property taxpayers obviously have to foot the bill.

Most sources put Comal County registered voter numbers around 143,000 - 146,000 registered voters.

We'll give CoSA the low end for comparison sake: 143,000 registered voters in Comal County.

So, 200 out of 143,000 is about 0.14%.

This means that an estimated 99.86% of Comal ISD property tax payers have no political representation to CoSA and would have not been eligible to vote for CoSA's "Affordable Housing" bond that will overwhelm local Comal ISD schools in the 281 North area with enrollment numbers. The schools are not even inside CoSA city limits, but provide public school service to that geography.

These CoSA LIHTC projects will force a property tax burden increase onto Comal County taxpayers.

Folks! This is taxation without representation!

Not to mention CoSA's overt policy on placing "undocumented migrants" and "criminal justice involved" people in these projects.

So, while CoSA plans on placing Tren de Aragua in Comal ISD schools through these LIHTC projects, hard-working Texas taxpayers in Comal County and those in Bexar County outside CoSA city limits, need to press your State Representatives and your State Senators to put a stop to this in the next legislative cycle, or even sooner.

Remember, CoSA has big plans for even more of the LIHTC projects through its TOD concepts.

Don't forget, as a Comal ISD property taxpayer, you're already paying for other school districts' "hand up" through Texas Chapter 49 (aka "Robinhood Act") that has depleted Comal ISD out of $75 million dollars and counting, with no accountability of the use of the money.

Don't forget, Bexar County has a similar "Affordable Housing" program. Bexar County should not be able to pass of a tax burden onto Comal County taxpayers either. 

Stop the 281 Steal! 

Sign this petition and promote its awareness to Comal ISD property taxpayers and to Comal County taxpayers at large. 

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