Money and Power: The City has put your land in jail. The City is effectively preventing land sales so it can force you to either (1) be annexed once utilities are extended and the City can charge you property taxes and utility fees forever or (2) never develop your land. It is their way or the highway.

Votes: One of a politician’s top priorities is reelection. Landowners inside the city limits are being favored because they can vote, and you cannot. They get the land deals. You don’t.

They Win/You Lose: The City redrew maps to remove the Mayor's family's land from the restricted growth sector. Others benefit from higher property values, but not you!

Anyone with property located in the City of Taylor’s restricted growth area, now mistitled “Future Growth Sector.” See this map to confirm if your property is impacted.

• If your property is located in the restricted growth sector, now mistitled the “Future Growth Sector,” your rights are being taken from you illegally. You should join this coalition to protect your rights, your property value, and your future.

• If your property is located in the restricted growth sector and you plan to sell your land, your best chance at reestablishing your right to decide what happens with your land, and getting paid what your land is worth, is being part of this coalition. Together, we have much more power with the City than any one of us can have alone.

• We feel strongly that as Americans, many of whom have fought wars for our rights, and as Texans who believe in the importance of landowner rights, doing nothing sends a message to the City that it’s OK with us if they take all that away illegally. It is NOT right. Joining this coalition and signing an engagement agreement will let our attorneys speak for all of us with collective power that we won’t sit idly by while the City does something this un-American and anti-Texas. We invite you to stand up and be heard!

March 1, 2023.

There are several factors contributing to this date. First, the City of Taylor is scheduled to vote on any changes to their plan on March 9, 2023. Our best chance at a negotiated settlement, without having to go to court, is before that vote takes place.

We will be sending the City our draft lawsuit along with a letter inviting them to negotiate with us by March 1st. Once we submit that letter along with our draft lawsuit, adding additional landowners to the suit will cost the attorneys considerable time and will therefore cost you money. Engaging our attorneys before March 1st costs you nothing (see Question 7 below for more details). It also ensures you get to benefit from any settlements we reach (see Question 8 below for more details on who benefits from a settlement and who does not).

You get to be represented by our attorneys for no up-front fees (see Question 6 below for more information on costs).

You get to benefit from any settlements or lawsuits we win.

You get to stand up for your rights, your land value, and your future. And joining us sends a stronger message to the City that its illegal actions will not stand!

Our attorneys have offered us a no-risk, no-up-front-costs pay structure for representation.

Although most attorneys who represent landowners in land disputes either charge hourly with an up-front retainer of $5,000 or more, or charge a contingency fee of 35% to 45% of any increases in land value they win for their clients, our attorneys have offered to represent our members for 3% of the sale price of any property they represent. That 3% fee is only payable if the property is sold within the next 10 years or if the property goes under a long-term lease (other than standard agricultural leases). See the engagement agreement for more information. Payments will be paid out of sale and lease proceeds.

Therefore, signing an engagement agreement does not obligate you to sell your land, lease your land, or pay any attorneys’ fees. Even so, clients are obligated to pay their share of expenses, such as expenses associated with expert witnesses, mediation fees, etc.

The bottom line is that if you engage our attorneys and you don’t sell or lease your land in the next 10 years, being represented costs you nothing.

Although our attorneys cannot predict how many landowners will join the coalition and ultimately sell their properties, their best guess at the cost per landowner for any expenses will be less than $300.

Finally, for landowners who do wish to sell their land, the Taylor Landowner Rights Coalition and our attorneys have negotiated an agreement with Alice Duffy Realtors, a Keller Williams Platinum Top-50 Realtor in Texas, to represent our properties for 4% rather than the traditional 6%. Therefore, for landowners who engage both our attorneys and Alice Duffy, their total additional outlay for representation is 1% of any sale proceeds.

We hope you will consider the three factors below when deciding whether to sign an engagement agreement.

First, signing an engagement agreement entitles you to be represented in any settlements our attorneys reach and any lawsuits our attorneys win on our behalf. Our attorneys cannot speak for you if do not engage them to do so.

Second, signing an engagement agreement does not obligate you to sell your land and does not obligate you to pay any attorneys’ fees if you don’t sell or long-term-lease your land. Clients are only obligated to pay their share of expenses (calculated on a per-acre basis), such as expenses associated with expert witnesses, mediation fees, etc.

Third, we believe what the City of Taylor is doing is illegal and wrong. Joining the coalition by signing an engagement agreement allows our attorneys to speak on your behalf and gives our cause significantly more power. It also improves everyone’s chances of a good outcome. Please stand up for your rights and don’t let the City of Taylor get away with this!

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