I just had a point to make, there was no agenda. I’m neither defending or attacking FBISD.
The point? If “Fort Bend ISD maintained the lowest property tax rate of Fort Bend County’s three biggest school districts.” why would some some still criticize it?”

Thanks to all for participating, it was interesting to watch how some reacted to a positive statement about FBISD.

You get a ‘F’ also.

My example of a game stumper question was not an opened ended question. You see opened ended questions can have opened ended answers based upon varying opinions as interpreted by the individual or individuals responding. However a factual answer is needed in response to a legitimate question of fact in general everyday life, or as in the play/social entertainment example that I offered as a good game “stumper” question specifically; and/or specific to any legitimate game requiring factual answers in response to factual questions must be based upon facts which can be proven by a factual source, and are thus fact based and cannot be opened ended opinionate ones. And certainly, “not”, opened ended opinionate ones skewed illogically as in the example that you are offering.

No, we did not just play it because your answer is incorrect and so you lost your turn. Plus, game players who purposely give wrong answers and defy game rules are barred from playing the game.

If “Fort Bend ISD maintained the lowest property tax rate of Fort Bend County’s three biggest school districts.” why would some some still criticize it?

We just played it..

A good game “stumper” question would be: What does a county in Texas by the name of Fort Bend County have in common with 7 other cities in New York State? My guess is that no one would know the correct answer without having the prior knowledge of actually knowing the property tax rankings as exhibited in post #48.

Keep the information coming, I’m sure the public appreciates it. I know I do and just ignore the other chaff. You see I’ve lived in other states and have family that don’t pay the property taxes we do here and to hear and see that this county ranks the highest in Texas is very disconcerting.

Keep up the great work all and ignore the chaff!

the article quoted ““Yet Fort Bend ISD maintained the lowest property tax rate of Fort Bend County’s three biggest school districts.”
I then added “FBISD is the most criticized of the 3….I wonder why?”
Some tried to take the question off topic to alluding to others (not FT Bend Cty school disctricts)having better schools and lower taxes.
Then posters(including you) alluded to the FtBendNow post on FtBend propert taxes are higher “as a percentage of value”. This study also leaves out state income taxes and inflated property values.
What does that have to do with ““Yet Fort Bend ISD maintained the lowest property tax rate of Fort Bend County’s three biggest school districts.”?

What I’ve learned is it doesn’t matter if FBISD’s tax rate is lower, FBISD will be critized no matter what by some.

Thank you for the sources:

http://www.taxfoundation.org/taxdata/show/1888.html

Taxes on Owner-Occupied Housing, by County Ranked by Property Taxes as Percentage of Home Value*

Rank

1.Niagra County, New York
2.Monroe County, NY
3.Chautauga Cty, NY
4.Wayne Cty, NY
5.Oswego Cty, NY
6.Onondaga Cty, NY
7.Erie Cty, NY
8.Fort Bend Cty, TX ($4229)

What is even more telling is that it lists the “Median Prop. Taxes Paid on Homes in the U.S. as $1838, which means we pay more than twice as much as those falling within 2 stdev of the median property taxes paid by US taxpayers.

Apples to apples….and nothing beats that near 1.4 BILLION dollar bond debt ranking us in the top 10 in the state for district debt. Is this what you are defending? Or are you defending them raising it even higher?

“Yet Fort Bend ISD maintained the lowest property tax rate of Fort Bend County’s three biggest school districts.”

I agree Joe! Thanks Sugarlandwatch for sharing that Bond Review Board data. It tells quite a tale.