While it is not the policy of this blog to make endorsements in elections, I do believe this issue will be big in the coming years and Mr. King's thoughts are worth a read.
King: Growing Concerns Over TIRZ, BlogHouston
Since BlogHouston sought, and obtained, permission from the King campaign to reproduce the editorial in full, I will not block-quote here but will encourage you to head over to that site and read the entire thing.
What I will do is re-post some of my thoughts from a previous post on how TIRZ can be reformed:
- Shorter, more flexible sunset dates. - This would allow the TIRZ to be brought to an end once their mission ended.
- More narrowly defined objectives - Preventing the 'mission creep' that we're now seeing in highly developed areas where TIRZ officers are trying to keep their phony baloney jobs.
- Harder boundaries - Preventing the types of land-grabs that are outlined in the Press piece.
- More accountability - Including increased audit requirements and new, more robust, public disclosure rules.
- Term limits for appointments - because.
