Tax Abatement Accountability Advocate Pledge

Thank you for your interest in becoming a Tax Abatement Accountability Advocate.

By signing on, you are making a commitment to put people before corporate giveaways. Tax Abatement Accountability Advocates stand with Texas Campaign for the Environment, frontline communities and partner organizations to ensure that public resources are invested in the people who need them most, not used to subsidize polluters and unchecked industrial expansion.

As a Tax Abatement Accountability Advocate, you pledge to:

• Raise awareness about the impacts of tax abatements on local communities.
• Oppose tax abatements and public subsidies to corporate polluters.
• Ensure that projects moving forward are closely monitored, transparent, and held accountable for their impacts on public health, infrastructure, and the environment.
• Prioritize the needs of residents over corporate profits.

Being a Tax Abatement Accountability Advocate does not mean you oppose economic development or business investment. It means you believe economic growth should strengthen communities, not come at the expense of public services, clean air and water, or the health of the people who live closest to industrial development.

Your constituents deserve leaders who will ask tough questions, demand accountability, and ensure that corporations pay their fair share instead of shifting costs onto taxpayers and frontline neighborhoods.

Sign on today and let your community know that you will stand with the people you represent, not with polluters seeking public subsidies to increase private profits. Together, we can build an economy that works for everyone, not just the largest corporations.