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SHOCKING: All but one @MidlothianISD Trustee voted to RAISE PROPERTY TAXES... including a Trustee who is DELINQUENT on his own property taxes!!... and another Trustee who went on unhinged "diatribe" to defend tax hikes!! From @TexasScorecard: Midlothian school board trustees approved a property tax increase for the 2026-27 fiscal year. The vote was 6-1, with Midlothian Independent School District Trustee Ed Harrison casting the lone vote against the tax hike during a special board meeting Monday night. Harrison noted that the now-approved tax rate exceeds the No New Revenue Rate of $0.96 per $100, meaning it is a tax increase. “I can’t support this new tax rate because it will raise the amount of property tax that most property owners will be forced to pay,” said Harrison. “I don’t recall hearing, but perhaps my fellow trustees campaigned on the promise that they would raise property taxes. I never did that, and I won’t. To the contrary, I promised that I would vote against higher taxes, and I will do that. I will keep my promise tonight.” “It’s not just my opinion that the proposed tax hike is a tax increase,” said Harrison, pointing to the district’s own website and adding that the new rate almost triggers a voter-approval tax rate election (VATRE). “But my colleagues know how elections go when voters get to approve or deny their proposed tax hikes,” said Harrison. “Let me be clear what a yes vote means. A yes vote is to raise property taxes. By voting yes, you’re voting to not serve the public, but rather to steal more from the public. We can have strong schools without increasing taxes,” he added. During public comments prior to the vote, Midlothian resident Lisa Healy told the board that Trustee Gary Vineyard was delinquent in paying his property taxes and said public documents showed it was “habitual behavior.” Healy called it “the height of hypocrisy.” “This is the trustee who called taxpayers greedy and stingy when the VATRE failed,” said Healy. “Gary Vineyard has refused to pay his own property tax bill for years, and is now taking it upon himself to not just set the tax rate for everyone, but to raise taxes.” Harrison moved to require any trustees delinquent in their taxes within the last 12 months to recuse themselves from voting on the tax rate, “especially since it’s a tax increase.” His motion did not receive a second. Trustee Tami Tobey responded with what she called a “diatribe” against Harrison. “And so, my diatribe is this,” said Tobey. “I’m heartbroken because you can’t see the forest for the trees. We’ve laid it out and laid it out and laid it out.” “I’m tired of having to listen to one side of the story up here, and then look at the chaos that’s being created online in our community,” she said. “We should be working together collaboratively as a board, and then after that, we move on and we take care of our business. And our business is not whether or not Mr. Vineyard paid his taxes.” Harrison’s son, State Rep. Brian Harrison (R–Midlothian) posted to X after the meeting. “Should a public school board Trustee, who is DELINQUENT on his own property taxes, be allowed to VOTE TO RAISE PROPERTY TAXES!???? That may have just happened tonight in @MidlothianISD. Developing…” Several commenters agreed with Trustee Harrison, responding “no,” with some others commenting that there should be no property taxes at all.

brianeharrison's tweet photo. SHOCKING: All but one @MidlothianISD Trustee voted to RAISE PROPERTY TAXES... including a Trustee who is DELINQUENT on his own property taxes!!... and another Trustee who went on unhinged "diatribe" to defend tax hikes!!

From @TexasScorecard: Midlothian school board trustees approved a property tax increase for the 2026-27 fiscal year.

The vote was 6-1, with Midlothian Independent School District Trustee Ed Harrison casting the lone vote against the tax hike during a special board meeting Monday night.

Harrison noted that the now-approved tax rate exceeds the No New Revenue Rate of $0.96 per $100, meaning it is a tax increase.

“I can’t support this new tax rate because it will raise the amount of property tax that most property owners will be forced to pay,” said Harrison. “I don’t recall hearing, but perhaps my fellow trustees campaigned on the promise that they would raise property taxes. I never did that, and I won’t. To the contrary, I promised that I would vote against higher taxes, and I will do that. I will keep my promise tonight.”

“It’s not just my opinion that the proposed tax hike is a tax increase,” said Harrison, pointing to the district’s own website and adding that the new rate almost triggers a voter-approval tax rate election (VATRE).

“But my colleagues know how elections go when voters get to approve or deny their proposed tax hikes,” said Harrison.

“Let me be clear what a yes vote means. A yes vote is to raise property taxes. By voting yes, you’re voting to not serve the public, but rather to steal more from the public. We can have strong schools without increasing taxes,” he added.

During public comments prior to the vote, Midlothian resident Lisa Healy told the board that Trustee Gary Vineyard was delinquent in paying his property taxes and said public documents showed it was “habitual behavior.”

Healy called it “the height of hypocrisy.”

“This is the trustee who called taxpayers greedy and stingy when the VATRE failed,” said Healy. “Gary Vineyard has refused to pay his own property tax bill for years, and is now taking it upon himself to not just set the tax rate for everyone, but to raise taxes.”

Harrison moved to require any trustees delinquent in their taxes within the last 12 months to recuse themselves from voting on the tax rate, “especially since it’s a tax increase.” His motion did not receive a second.

Trustee Tami Tobey responded with what she called a “diatribe” against Harrison.

“And so, my diatribe is this,” said Tobey. “I’m heartbroken because you can’t see the forest for the trees. We’ve laid it out and laid it out and laid it out.”

“I’m tired of having to listen to one side of the story up here, and then look at the chaos that’s being created online in our community,” she said. “We should be working together collaboratively as a board, and then after that, we move on and we take care of our business. And our business is not whether or not Mr. Vineyard paid his taxes.”

Harrison’s son, State Rep. Brian Harrison (R–Midlothian) posted to X after the meeting.

“Should a public school board Trustee, who is DELINQUENT on his own property taxes, be allowed to VOTE TO RAISE PROPERTY TAXES!???? That may have just happened tonight in @MidlothianISD. Developing…”

Several commenters agreed with Trustee Harrison, responding “no,” with some others commenting that there should be no property taxes at all.

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@brianeharrison We can’t have that !!! That tells you already sell out

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Brian Harrison

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And both of these "Republican" Speakers were elected by DEMOCRATS (including James Talarico).

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Brian Harrison

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This is approximately $9000 for EACH individual Flock camera!!!!!!😡 So much for bulk discounts 🤦‍♂️ Looks like waste, fraud, and abuse… and unconstitutional warrantless surveillance… all rolled into one government contract!!! How the hell was this ever approved???

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