Appraised Value Notices Mailed in Val Verde County
Val Verde County property owners receive notices of appraised values and projected taxes. The notices include the current year value, change from last year, and an estimated tax amount. Cherry Sheedy notes the tax rate is not yet set and urges protest deadlines by July 25 if values are disputed. Property owners may request a meeting with an appraiser to review details such as square footage age and improvements.
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Val Verde County
Cherry Sheedy
Texas Comptroller
Carole Keeton Rylander
Appraisal Review Board
ARB
Sheedy
News-Herald
Karen Gleason
Alex Escamilla
al Cervantes
Jesse Fernandez
Ricardo Martinez Jr
Johnny Paredes
Land trusts in Texas spark debate among landowners and officials
Carolyn Vogel of the Texas Land Trust Council spoke to TPWD wildlife professionals in Del Rio about land trusts as private agreements that restrict development rights in perpetuity. She noted tax benefits and potential easements, with 1.3 million acres across 34 groups in Texas as of 2003, while stressing conservation as the primary motive.
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Is Land Trusts
Carolyn Vogel
Texas Land Trust Council
TLTC
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Tp&wd
Vogel
del Rio
Wildlife Division
del Rio Civic Center
Ramada Inn
la Quinta Inn
Sylvestre Sorola
Tourism and Convention Department
The
Land Trust
Texas
Pro
Val Verde County
Kenedy County
Nature Conservancy
Rock Art Foundation
Pecos River
San Felipe Del Rio Bond Proposals Seek School Upgrades
The district advanced a $34.2 million bond plan to fund new and renovated campuses including Garfield, East Side, Ruben Chavira and Marion Russell Middle School. State would cover about $25 million and the community roughly $9 million via a seven cent per $100 valuation tax increase. If IFA funds are approved, further state aid may come.
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San Felipe del Rio Consolidated Independent School District
Garfield
Lamar
East Side
Ruben Chavira
Buena Vista
Marion Russell
del Rio High School
San Felipe Middle School
Texas Education Agency
Groups lead annual protest mission to Cuba
Pastors for Peace organizes nine buses loaded with medical sports and office equipment for Cuba in defiance of the embargo. Volunteers from across the U S and abroad join a border caravan to Tampico then sail goods to Havana while planning to aid local church groups. Rev Lucius Walker calls the mission civil disobedience to aid neighbors.
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Cuba
San Juan
Texas
U.s.-Mexico
U.S
Tampico
Mexico
Bush
Lucius Walker
New Jersey
Pastors For Peace
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Texas Land Trusts
Cash
Sports
Bedell
Ave. del Rio
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