27 Jul 1997
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Newspaper
Amarillo Sunday News Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1997
Page
1
If voters approve the constitutional amendment on August 9, local residents may see school district tax rates rise sharply as provisions run counter to tax cuts.
Amarillo ISD faces a 13 percent tax rate increase to $1.46 per $100 value while Canyon ISD projects a 12 percent rise to $1.30. Senator Teel Bivins warns of a looming property tax crisis, referencing California’s Proposition 13. A statewide constitutional amendment would raise homestead exemptions to 15,000, altering tax savings with higher rates.
Texas Tech University reports fewer minority first year students this fall with black enrollments at its law and medical schools down sharply. Two black law students, none in the medical school, and Hispanics down from 23 to 17 at the law school, plus other shifts. Asian enrollments rise at the medical school though overall applications fell. Officials cite Hopwood decision and reduced applicant pool as factors.
The Amarillo Daily News announces an upcoming entertainment section launching August 5, highlighting upcoming projects for popular actresses and offering readers a behind the scenes look at their careers.
In San Jacinto, residents led by Rosalee Robinson push back against long vacant homes on Florida Street. A videotape shows dilapidated properties with peeling paint and sagging roofs. They told Amarillo city commissioners during condemnation hearings to act before more blighted blocks recur.
A North Amarillo neighborhood group, the North Amarillo Community Association, formed two years ago to save houses from demolition and preserve the area's integrity. Now focused on affordable housing, the nonprofit is finalizing its first renovated home at 1307 N.W. 13th Ave, in the Heights area north of Amarillo Boulevard and west of U.S. 287.
Michael Ray Kennedy 24, released on a Randall County Jail work detail, persuaded a guard to allow his 18 year old wife to visit. a week later Kennedy and an accomplice escaped with two other inmates. The jail was overcrowded and court records show Kennedy had returned to prison after a failed relapse program. The school district fired Winston Short for permitting visits. authorities say no charges will be filed. The escape occurred during a grass mowing break at Randall High School.
Democratic staff warn that the proposed tax cuts for children and college tuition may be largely erased by the alternative minimum tax. They estimate at least 2 million middle income taxpayers could lose some or all of the credits by 2002, as AMT thresholds fail to keep pace with inflation.
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