AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Love Austin Campaign, a group championing a proposed tax rate increase in Austin, withdrew its ethics complaint against a website opposed to the ballot proposition, according to a Monday press release.
The campaign said its latest move came after KXAN spoke with one of the website’s owners, Nate McGuire, on Friday. McGuire told KXAN he paid for the website himself and would “comply with any filings required.” He also said he is not connected to yard signs that provide his website’s URL.
Still, the campaign is ready to find out who is behind the anti-Prop Q signs.
“We look forward to ‘austintaxrateelection.com’ complying with the law moving forward, as all political committees in the state of Texas should,” reads Love Austin’s release. “We also look forward to learning who is uploading designs for advertisements to the site and who is printing and putting out yard signs with their URL and no disclaimer. These are all actions that would constitute that of a political committee and not an individual. “
McGuire said in a Monday social media post the complaint was an “attempt to intimidate” him for “speaking out against a massive tax increase.”
“Let’s be clear: my position isn’t about being anti-Austin,” he said. “It’s about protecting the Austin we love. Proposition Q will make our city unaffordable for the very people who make it special — the students, the teachers, the retirees, the working families, and yes, the musicians who give this town its soul.”
One of the campaign’s lead organizers, Joe Cascino, called the website ” illegal” and “deceptive” in an interview with KXAN on Oct. 10.
“This is a campaign about our values. This is a campaign about combating homelessness which is something that we know is a crisis … additionally this is about our quality of life. This about spending on our parks, on our libraries, our pools. The things that make Austin so great,” said Cascino about Love Austin at its launch.
Austin voters will decide Prop Q at the ballot box on Nov. 4.
KXAN Reporter Grace Reader contributed to this article.
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