Efforts for Abolishment also underway in Wisconsin, North Dakota and New Mexico

From Eric Dondero:

Campaigning in Abilene yesterday, Libertarian candidate for Governor Houston-based lawyer Kathie Glass called for the complete elimination of all property taxes throughout the State.

From the Abiliene Reporter-News:

Her ideas would include an end to property taxes, which she regards as the most unfair of taxes, and a 50 percent cut in the state budget.

“That would put us back to where we were 10 years ago,” she said. “Coincidentally, the time that Rick Perry first became governor.”

Eliminating property taxes to pay for schools would be replaced by money raised locally. That would return control to local boards, who could decide what they needed to spend money on to serve their specific needs.

Glass is not alone. Libertarians nationwide are pushing for complete abolishment.

In North Dakota, the Libertarian Party, Constitution Party, and local Tea Party groups are leading a drive to abolish Property Taxes statewide (article - PlainsDaily.com).

In New Mexico, Publisher of New Mexico Liberty and a Republican candidate for State House Thomas Molitor of Bernillo advocates abolishing property taxes, in part, to help minority rights. From NMPolitics.net 5/4:

In the Southwest, the property tax system has been used to tax minorities out of their neighborhood so affluent residents can “gentrify” areas. Few of the original Hispanic residents can continue to afford their homes, some of which have been in their families for more than 100 years, because the property tax is based on the valuations of the fancy new homes being built in adjacent neighborhoods.

Libertarians also believe that with property taxes an individual never really owns their home even when the mortgage is paid off; that in essence, the home is "rented" from the government.

In Wisconsin Libertarian candidate for State Rep.Anthony De Cubellis recently opined in the Racine Post:

It’s time for Wisconsin to abolish the property tax. No tinkering or fiddling with rates; abolish it completely. Abolishing the property tax would no longer allow politicians to play favorites with preferred companies -- by granting property tax exemptions -- while home-owning taxpayers pick up the budgetary slack. Abolishing the property tax would lower rents -- as the property tax would no longer be part of the owner’s costs. Abolishing the property tax would mean your property rights are secure -- in that you do not “rent” your property from your local government.