DUNCANVILLE – Republican
state representative candidate Homer Fincannon has come out against the
Duncanville Independent School District’s 13-cent tax hike in the Oct. 7
election.
Fincannon, a former
Duncanville councilman and frequent candidate and critic of taxing and
spending, is running against Democrat incumbent Yvonne Davis, D-DeSoto, in the
Nov. 4 general election for the District 111 seat.
“Surviving the depression
gave me a knack for saving most everything I have come into possession of on
this earth,” Fincannon said. “So by cutting the bottom [quarter] of those old
‘Vote No to [liquor] signs, I`m recycling them. They were at the library,
Duncanville & Mountain Creek [libraries] for early voting on Main Street in
Duncanville and will be at all polling places. The Texas Ethics Commission told
me if expenses are below $150, no paperwork so trash or recycle to defeat this
tax increase.”
Since the Legislature
changed the laws allowing for voters to approve school district tax increases,
DISD and neighboring Cedar Hill ISD have elections for 13-cent tax increases.
If approved, the tax rate
would be increased to the maximum total tax rate allowed at $1.17 per $100 of
property valuation.
