Mike Collier, running against Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, eyes property tax loophole
The Democrat running for lieutenant governor says he would close a property tax loophole to raise $5 billion annually for public education.
Mike Collier is running to unseat Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, a Republican who was first elected to the post in 2014. The lieutenant governor presides over the Texas Senate, the upper chamber in the Texas Legislature.
Collier is a certified public accountant who says the state has been losing out on about $5 billion in annual revenue due to a Texas statute that has allowed corporations to lower their property tax burdens.
In an interview with the Tyler Morning Telegraph before a rally with the advocacy group Our Revolution, a group founded by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, Collier described how his ideas for public education contrast with Patrick’s.
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