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Democrat from Texas
Lee Leffingwell, elected mayor in 2009, is a former Austin City Council member and retired airline pilot. Leffingwell, a past chair of the city's Environmental Board, grew up in Austin's Bouldin neighborhood, according to the biography posted on the city's web site.
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Says Lee Leffingwell "raised property taxes 20 percent in three years."
Says "Austin has the lowest property tax rate by far of the five major cities in Texas."
In "the past 10 years, our (Austin) water rates have increased by 100 percent and we now have the highest water cost of the top 10 cities in Texas."
"Invested $90 million in traffic fixes without raising taxes."
Recent stories featuring Lee Leffingwell
Leffingwell and fellow Austin City Council incumbents victorious:
Lee Leffingwell and three fellow Austin City Council members won re-election Saturday. We earlier checked some of what was said leading up to the vote.
Checking Austin taxes, affordability and a claim about a Rick Perry Republican lobbyist:
Wondering if candidates for the Austin City Council are accurate about local affordability or taxes or their opponent's fealty to Rick Perry?
We've checked several Austin-centric claims in advance of Saturday's city elections.
Austin's Lee Leffingwell survives debut at PolitiFact:
Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell survived his debut on the Texas Truth-O-Meter last week while statements from three legislators, a Democratic activist and a New York Times columnist also rocked the needle.
Read on. It's the debut of the PolitiFact Texas Flashback.
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