Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is once again voicing his opposition to Austin's Project Connect, the city's proposed light rail plan.He recently filed an 11-
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is once again voicing his opposition to Austin's Project Connect, the city's proposed light rail plan. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is once again voicing his opposition to Austin's Project Connect, the city's proposed light rail plan.
"I call Project Connect the biggest con job ever perpetrated on voters and taxpayers to the city of Austin." Attorney Bill Aleshire said. In November 2020, Austin voters approved a $7.1 billion ballot proposition for the project to be funded through an increase in property taxes. "It's a bait and switch," Aleshire said. "In any other kind of contract any of us are used to, we wouldn't put up with that."
The AG's petition says the city tried to create a contract with voters not authorized by the tax code. It also alleges the ballot language was misleading, and "not compatible" with the existing funding agreement. Most importantly Paxton's petition says the city cannot create bonds in this way, which he alleges threatens the credit and security of Texas bond investments.
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