I'll thank Don Huffines to stop further politicizing the Texas Comptroller's office

Glenn Hegar, the last regular elected comptroller, was bad enough. Strangeabbott-shenaniganed interim comptroller Kelly Hancock was worse.

And now, here's Huffines with the normally halfway anodyne news release about monthly sales tax allocations:

Texas Comptroller Don Huffines said many cities and counties can reduce property taxes due to increased sales tax revenue as local governments will receive $1.4 billion in sales tax allocations for August, 13.6% more than in August 2025. 

These allocations are based on sales made in June by businesses that report tax monthly and on sales made in April, May and June by quarterly filers. “The increased sales tax revenue distributed to local governments is a strong sign the Texas economy continues to grow,” Huffines said. 

“It is also a clear signal that many local governments with increased sales tax revenue can dedicate much of that to property tax reduction. Lowering property taxes is one of the best ways to make housing more affordable and help Texans with the cost of gas, groceries and other living expenses.”

First, as I noted, school districts don't have sales taxes.

Second, property taxes are high because .... capitalism, which Tex-ass Rethuglicans don't like when it gores their ox.

Third, they're high because no income tax.

Fourth, Dannie Goeb, with repeated jackings of the homestead exemption, rather than putting a reasonable increase on that, then a COLA, has played politics with property taxes for years. 

Fifth, the cost of living is up right now because of Warmonger Don's Zionism-driven illegal war against Iran. 

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It gets worse,

Aug. 22, Huffines sent out an email mirroring the Workforce Commission's Aug. 21 monthly unemployment report and it talking about the nation's leading job growth.

First, this is Twain's lies, damned lies and statistics. Texas has the highest population growth in the nation, so unless its economy is really in the crapper, it should be leading the nation in jobs growth.

Second, there's TWC's lies by omission. The unemployment rate went UP 0.1 percentage points in June from May, and again in July. It was 4.3 percent in May; it's now 4.5 percent.