AUSTIN – Gina Hinojosa’s radical socialist theory that more taxes are the answer to a more affordable Texas started well before her time in the Texas House of Representatives – where she voted more than 40 times to increase Texans’ property taxes. As an Austin Independent School District (AISD) Board member, Hinojosa voted time and again to take Texans’ hard-earned money through higher property taxes.
“Hypocrite Hinojosa is gaslighting Texans when it comes to affordability. Every year she was on the AISD School Board, Hinojosa voted to increase property taxes for Texans. On her watch, annual property taxes for Texas homeowners in the district spiked by more than 50% in just four years. The only thing Gina is guaranteed to deliver for Texans is higher taxes and a smaller paycheck.”
— Catherine Frazier, Texans for Greg Abbott Communications Director
If there’s one thing Gina Hinojosa achieved during her four years on the AISD School Board, it was making sure that every household in AISD had less money in their pockets.
- The total amount of AISD property taxes imposed increased by nearly $405 million, or 52%, during Hinojosa’s tenure on the AISD School Board. (FY 2020 Budget Table 8)
- In her first year on the School Board, she voted to increase AISD property taxes on the average Austin home by nearly $140. (FY 2018 Budget Table 20)
- Her second year, she voted to increase AISD property taxes again – by $230 on average. (FY 2018 Budget Table 20)
- In year three, as AISD board president, she increased AISD property taxes yet again by over $170 on average. (FY 2018 Budget Table 20)
- It gets worse in year four, Hinojosa voted to increase AISD property taxes by more than $330 on average. (FY 2018 Budget Table 20)
- Over her four years on the AISD School board, Hinojosa voted to increase AISD property taxes on the average Austin home by nearly $900 total. (FY 2018 Budget Table 20)