The WORST Candidate for Tarrant Tax Assessor is…

Please, whatever you do, don't vote for Wendy Burgess. She has cost me dearly.

Her primary responsibility is to represent the interest of the people so that if our tax system runs amuck, we can have a representative stand up for us. On this, she failed.

Here’s what happened

The government attacked me in an attempt to prevent me from helping you. I asked the TAD board dozens of times for help. She was the ONLY person on the TAD board elected to represent the citizens and at every turn, she defended the bad guys. This video is just the tip of the iceberg. When the government attacks its citizens and the person elected to defend us turns her back, why should we vote her back in office?

But Chandler, tax bills were sent out. Shouldn’t she get credit for that?

No. She’s not putting stamps on envelopes and staying up late to make sure all your tax bills are mailed out. Our government would not allow 1 politician to screw up sending out tax bills. Tax bills will be delivered regardless of who is in office. The staff takes care of this and they deserve all the credit. When the politician gets too involved they screw everything up by using our tax bills as a campaign tool like this.

Why is the tax assessor an elected position?

Good question. She doesn’t set the tax rate. She doesn’t determine the tax value of your house. The tax assessor doesn’t play any role whatsoever in increasing or decreasing your taxes. It is largely an administrative role. The office prints and mails your bill. It's an elected position because her #1 job is to make sure our tax system is implemented with fairness and consideration for the taxpayers she represents. It's an elected position so when the government turns on it's citizens, we can hold someone to account. The government turned on its citizens and she went right along with them. 

But she doesn’t vote on the TAD board.

You’re right… for now. However, new laws would make the Tax Assessor-Collector a voting member in July. Up to this point, her only job was to be the voice of the people, and she failed. She can, however, make motions. The only time I remember her making a motion was when she went against the staff’s recommended vendor (who was a fraction of the cost) in an attempt to “hook up” one of her biggest political donors with a government contract. Thankfully the motion didn’t pass, but it was very fishy.

Why do politicians care about this office so much?

Bottom line - name recognition. Tax Assessor is the perfect springboard into a higher office. Politicians rely on name recognition more than anything else to get elected. When you write your tax bill out to “Wendy Burgess,” it becomes very difficult to forget her name. Burgess understands this better than anyone… A ton of our tax bills got screwed up when she wasted money by using our tax bills as a campaign tool.

Please don’t vote for her. 4 years is a long time.

Voting locations for Tarrant Tax Assessor Collector Election: Early voting Feb 20-March 1. Election day March 5.