Anahuac board weighs selling land to fund schools
Anahuac directors on Tuesday discussed sending a letter to Chambers County Commissioners Court asking for a study of the county permanent school fund. The county owns about 4,400 acres in west Texas with oil and gas leases, bought in the early 1900s, yielding annual revenues distributed to local districts. Superintendent Linda Kay Barnhart supports selling the land to capture revenue, while the districts consider an independent appraisal and sale at or above appraisal value. Barnhart’s contract was extended with a $3,000 raise to $87,150 for three more years.
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Anahuac
Chambers County Commissioners Court
West Texas
Chambers County
Linda Kay Barnhart
Permanent School Fund
Barnhart
Jimmy Sylvia
Barbers Hill
Goose Creek
Keri Mitchell
Anahuac discusses school equalization tax hike
Chambers County officials debate a repealed 1969 law on school equalization taxes, with Huddleston and Edmonds supporting a raise and Irby and Wallace opposing. Judge Sylvia cast the deciding negative vote as counties weigh benefits to Goose Creek and Barbers Hill amid uneven wealth and population-based funding. Local officials note the tax's impact is limited for Goose Creek in a $126 million budget.
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Texas Comptroller's
Anahuac
Mark Huddleston
Judy Edmonds
Buddy Irby
Bill Wallace
Jimmy Sylvia
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Edmonds
Chambers County
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Goose Creek
Pete Cote
Cote
Anahuac ISD Considers County Tax Equalization Impact
An analysis of property taxes shows a $100,000 home would incur tax effects under county school equalization. Barbers Hill and Goose Creek are labeled property wealthy, and any excess funds must be returned or redistributed. Anahuac trustees did not act Tuesday, awaiting county awareness through the district.
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Barbers Hill
John Koonce
Goose Creek
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Koonce
Anahuac
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Edmonds
East Chambers
Cote
Souvenir finds spark Cold War coin mystery on Gulf coast
Duke discovered Soviet coins and a military buckle while cleaning a table on his land. Historian John Britt notes Soviet ships sometimes stopped at Houston ports and people sometimes jumped ship. Duke suspects a former military member hid keepsakes. a few buckles and coins remain for sale at a Galveston shop, but the full story may never be known.
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Duke
United States
John Britt
Lee College
Houston
Britt
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Soviet Union
Russia
Myer Reisberg
Bobbie
Galveston
Reisberg
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