HD 5 Candidates Talk Taxes & Economic Development.

• Randy Davis, an Emory small business owner who is retired from the U.S. Army and currently serves in the Texas State Guard, says:
  • “I don’t believe in property taxes. I think it should be done away with.”
  • He favors a consumption tax
• Phillip Hayes, a marketing vice president and the youngest in the race, says:
  • eliminate the margins tax
  • it is bad for small businesses
  • says the margins tax eats up millions of dollars that could be used for economic development instead
  • against property taxes, but wouldn’t eliminate them because that’s how schools are funded
• Cole Hefner, who served four years as Upshur County commissioner, says:
  • margins tax is bad
  • opposed to economic development that gives away tax dollars
  • supports an educated workforce, low regulation and low taxes to lure business to Texas
• Jay Misenheimer, a Lindale small business owner and Lindale ISD board trustee, says:
  • Margins tax is bad

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