Talk:Williamson County, Texas

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message: No mention of Walburg, Texas (which as of this writing is a red link). I would have thought it is at least a CDP, if not an incorporated place. -- Gyrofrog  (talk) 19:56, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It has some historical importance though, being part of the German settlement of Texas.  It should definantely have some mention in the article, if not an article of its own. --Leodmacleod (talk) 20:56, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  May I suggest that you start an article on Walburg.  It can be really short but you are right - it needs to be in Wikipedia, and could then be used for an internal ref from Williamson County, etc. Let me know if you need help.  You can email me on my talk User page (see user boxes).Austex • Talk  14:55, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Walburg

message: I've removed the recently added text about property taxes in Williamson County for the following reasons:
# The claim that Wilco "has one of the nation's highest property tax rates" is false and is not supported by the cited ref.  In fact, Williamson County has fairly low property tax rates.  The majority of a homeowner's property tax in Williamson County consists of school district and city taxes.  The cited ref was referring to the combination of all property taxes (including school district and city taxes) paid by residents of Williamson County.
# The sentence about the "Robin Hood plan" has no applicability to the county or to taxes levied by the county as the "Robin Hood plan" applies to school districts, of which there are several in Williamson County.
# The ref cited regarding the "Robin Hood plan" does not read like an authoritative source, but instead reads as speculative and filled with opinion.
# The sentence that began "Part of this is due to the Robin Hood plan" does not clearly specify exactly what is "due to" the "Robin Hood plan" (and exhibits incorrect usage of the phrase "due to").
# It is not surprising that residents of Texas would pay higher property taxes (as a percentage of home value) than residents of many other states since Texas does not have a personal income tax and instead relies on those property taxes to pay for many things that would be paid by income taxes in other states.  In fact, Texans have an overall lower tax burden than do residents of many (if not most) other states.
If somebody can rewrite the discussion of property tax in Wilco in a way that eliminates the inaccuracies, please feel free to add it back in.AtxApril (talk) 23:42, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: This was nothing more than a purely political statement using innuendo to imply that Williamson County officials had raised taxes higher than similar counties.  But Wm Cunty has exerienced unprecedent growth. Even if re-written this does not belongn the article.  This is one of several edits used throughout to espouse a personal political opinion from a single individual.  Austex • Talk  19:37, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Taxes in Wilco

message: This section makes the article look more like a timeline. The section itself looks like it has a sufficient amount of information to sustain its own article. We can also make it just 2 paragraphs instead of a timeline. 99.58.60.128 (talk) 23:42, 1 April 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: *I wholeheartedly agree with the first comment.  The timeline is too detailed, takes up a disproportunate share of the overall article, and shows many references (while useful to establish the flow of history) nevertheless do not relate to Williamson County. The author (or someone else) needs to trim it down by at least half, or better yet re-write it in a narrative form as is more typical in city and counnty articles. See Austin, Texas for example. I have removed the items related to Slavery and put it into it's own section in a condensed format. HOWEVER I think most all of this can be removed as it relates to US and Texas history but not to Williamson County history.Austex • Talk  14:49, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: *If it cannot be re-written then other editors need to help with reducing it to the most salient points.  I have moved he section on Slavery into a new "Slavery" section. Austex • Talk  14:49, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

text: Note to (talk), please sign-in before editing so we can continue the commentary Austex • Talk  14:51, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Should History Section Be an Article Itself?

message: The article needs more notable residents (there are only three listed so far) and numerous movies were filmed all or at least partially in Williamson county.   Please help with additions here if possible.  Thanks Austex • Talk  19:26, 2 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Notable residents and movies sections

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