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5 • TAX_POLICYHouston Metropolitan Transit Authority (Harris County)
Order Authorizing Early Debt Service Defeasance & Retiring Principal to Save Taxpayer Interest
Presented in: Houston Metropolitan Transit Authority Board of Directors Regular Meeting on 2025-08-13
Official Roll-Call Vote
Restrains Gov't • 9.0/10 Impact Weight
PASSED (5 - 0)
“Motion to approve tax assessor-collector's report and approval of tax transfers”
RT
Rev. T Leon Preston
Director, Place 3
YES
TM
Terry Morales
Director, Place 4
YES
EG
Elizabeth Gonzalez Brock
Director, Place 5
YES
HM
Holly Maria Flynn Vilaseca
Director, Place 1
YES
BF
Bob Fry
Director, Place 2
YES
Staff Report & Agenda Item Details
Official public docket item 5 on 2025-08-13
Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis
This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 9.0/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, voting YES on measures that cap or reduce ad valorem tax burdens, expand taxpayer exemptions, retire debt early, enforce competitive bidding caps, or remove regulatory/zoning barriers to private property rights earns a positive Pro-Liberty score.