Clear Lake: Parker/Costello rain tax shouldn't apply to us

Clear Lake residents fighting Houston drainage fee - Christine Dobbyn, KTRK-13 News

Clear Lake is a master-planned community in the Houston city limits. But since 1963, all waterworks, sewers and drainage facilities have been operated and maintained by the Clear Lake Water Authority.

Folks who live there say they don't receive any of those benefits from the city of Houston, so they have a problem with paying the city of Houston.

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"Read the law, read the ordinances, it's pretty clear, so it should be an open and shut case, but unfortunately city politics isn't always like that," Clear Lake homeowner Greg Mitchell said.

Not when it comes to money grabs like this one!

Posted by Kevin Whited @ 06/01/11 07:24 AM | Print |

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