Mayor Schroeder
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Where do your property taxes go, if not just to the city?
Many people are surprised at how little of their property taxes go to the city. It’s only a little over 1/5 that actually go to all of the services provided in the city. In Castroville, right at 1/2 of the property taxes go to the School District (we should all be happy to invest in Continue reading
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Where does the city get money?
City finances can be quite confusing at first, but we can simplify them – both by explaining how they work and by constructing a budget that separates expenses into easily understandable chunks. NOTE: We’ll discuss revenues in detail in this post and look at expenses in separate posts. We have two major categories of revenue Continue reading
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Interesting ideas on people-centric villages
“When places are designed by other people than the people who live there, and then the people who live there are powerless, then that is a broken design.” Continue reading
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Videos about Castroville
In an effort to spread the awareness of things going on in Castroville, the city has partnered with Clinton Haby, with his company, StoryKeeping, to capture some of the really great aspects of the city. You can see the completed videos on the Castroville, Texas YouTube Channel. Continue reading
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Thus begins a Journey
When I first moved to Castroville, “Charlie Boy” Suehs, the man who sold us our house and who adopted us as extended family, explained the obligation of the house and its legacy. Both of Charlie’s parents served as Mayor, and I think everyone expected that Charlie would one day do the same. He’s one of Continue reading
Life in Castroville 