Sales tax money alone isn’t going to solve Fayette County’s budget shortfall, but at least it’s going to help. State Comptroller Glenn Hegar sent the county more than a quarter million dollars last week as its August share of sales taxes collected here.

This is the second installment of feature stories on new teachers around Fayette County: The teachers at Fayetteville I.S.D. hardly ever leave, so when a job opened up at the elementary school back in March, Robin Wright applied right away.

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Strong wind and high temperature make a perfect recipe for grass fires. La Grange Fire Chief Frank Menefee asks everyone to exercise extreme caution as these conditions prevail.

The August meeting of the Parkinson’s support group will be held Thursday, Aug. 17 at the Randolph Recreation Center 653 E. Pearl in La Grange. Meetings begin promptly at 10 a.m. and end at 11 a.m. Everyone is welcome, but we especially encourage those individuals who have been diagnosed, along with their caregivers to attend. For further information, call (832) 561-1447.

First Eight Months of Year (Jan.-August) Fayette County Cities Pct. Change Tax Rate 2023 2022 2021 2020 2022 to ’23 La Grange 1.50% 1,827,921 1,671,560 1,480,420 1,334,750 Up 9.3% Schulenburg 1.50% 1,011,200 840,175 633,256 602,133 Up 20.3% Flatonia 1.50% 311,099 287,288 266,789 241,144 Up 8.2% Round Top 1.50% 310,977 261,493 225,734 143,406 Up 18.9% Fayetteville 1.25% 162,002 82,602 78,550 66,676 Up 96.1% Carmine 1.50% 96,650 102,745 86,628 69,191 Down 5.9% Ellinger 1.00% 44,845 41,858 0 0 Up 7.1% Other Area Cities Bastrop 1.50% 8,204,318 7,514,413 6,491,549 5,650,177 Up 9.1% Brenham 1.50% 6,381,981 6,031,147 5,120,803 4,611,291 Up 5.8% Lockhart 1.50% 2,700,799 2,393,249 2,122,761 2,015,639 Up 12.8% Elgin 1.50% 2,553,016 2,352,959 1,966,805 1,856,895 Up 8.5% Sealy 1.50% 2,291,242 2,082,592 1,886,410 1,806,894 Up 10.0% Gonzales 1.50% 2,155,316 2,101,526 1,671,277 1,845,137 Up 2.5% Giddings 1.50% 1,887,584 1,655,770 1,269,751 1,369,655 Up 14.0% Hempstead 2.00% 1,606,301 1,570,549 1,343,912 1,253,449 Up 2.2% Caldwell 1.50% 1,485,860 1,389,643 1,121,286 1,204,499 Up 6.9% Columbus 1.50% 1,415,971 1,277,902 1,152,686 1,218,811 Up 10.8% Luling 1.50% 1,415,126 1,279,215 1,024,103 926,209 Up 10.6% Yoakum 2.00% 1,340,594 1,229,864 1,085,970 1,075,278 Up 9.0% Hallettsville 2.00% 989,949 968,965 939,195 885,645 Up 2.1% Bellville 1.50% 757,255 699,126 605,201 540,183 Up 8.3% Weimar 1.50% 662,267 625,110 534,403 505,336 Up 5.9% Smithville 1.50% 588,318 611,075 506,584 439,660 Down 3.7% Shiner 1.00% 388,468 355,440 250,385 257,132 Up 9.3% Eagle Lake 1.00% 286,480 264,742 256,224 223,224 Up 8.2% County Governments Bastrop 0.50% 5,589,042 5,245,413 4,171,175 3,569,701 Up 6.1% Washington 0.50% 3,219,626 2,832,912 2,295,279 2,021,707 Up 13.6% Caldwell 0.50% 2,239,502 1,901,846 1,737,831 1,488,995 Up 17.7% Fayette 0.50% 2,230,712 2,009,495 1,507,289 1,411,525 Up 11.0% Gonzales 0.50% 1,765,848 1,480,156 1,223,889 1,580,901 Up 19.3% Austin 0.50% 1,568,964 1,512,750 1,363,170 1,281,058 Up 3.7% Colorado 0.50% 1,464,058 1,307,928 1,116,749 1,543,437 Up 11.9% Burleson 0.50% 1,082,494 1,024,968 753,336 1,079,250 Up 5.6% Lee 0.50% 1,080,450 1,010,701 883,591 2,075,259 Up 6.9% Source: State Comptroller’s Office .