Hold onto your butts... (property tax edition)

In this first episode of 2025, Pat and Chad hit a wide range of topics and do our best to avoid derailing the conversation with too much college football.

Timestamps
04:25 - TPPF Property Tax Proposals
29:51 - TPPF on "Home Sharing"
40:16 - Congestion pricing in New York City
54:12 - Texas AG sues Allstate
67:48 - Comptroller's Biennial Revenue Estimate for 2025-26

Links

• Asterisk (Merriam-Webster)
• 15 Ways to Improve the M&O Property Tax (TPPF)
• Defending Home-Sharing is About Protecting Basic Freedoms (TPPF)
• Paxton files suit against Allstate, alleges company secretly collected driver's data to raise rates (Houston Chronicle)
• Biennial Revenue Estimate for 2025-26 (Texas Comptroller)

Creators & Guests

Host

Chad Janicek

Former city manager, current local government nerd. I build fun stuff that helps cities make better decisions @zactax

Host

Patrick Lawler

It's all for nothing if you don't have freedom.

What is ZacCast?

The official podcast for local government nerds, from the folks behind ZacTax. We talk about everything from sales tax to city management to college sports, and bring you stories from the front lines of local government administration.