Team Bettencourt, the official account for Texas State Senator Paul Bettencourt, posted a series of updates on property tax increases and education policy in early September 2025.
On September 4, Team Bettencourt congratulated a fellow lawmaker for efforts related to education policy: “Congratulations to House Education Chairman @BradBuckleyDVM on a great layout on HB 8 and defending the critical senate amendment as Senate Sponsor of keeping the important history and social studies testing regimen as part of our public education system. The result is a great https://t.co/yMLiPa1Uag”.
Two days later, on September 5, the account issued a warning about rising property taxes in Comal County: “A MAXIMUM SMASH TAXPAYER ALERT Just in! Comal County Commissioners Court voted to increase Property Tax Rates 15% this year! They join a group of Counties like Harris, Montgomery, Travis, etc.. to pass double digit maximum smash property tax increases on their taxpayers https://t.co/GKZNK05txf”.
On September 6, Team Bettencourt commented on an analysis regarding presidential voting patterns and referenced their own legislative work: “As the Senate author of SB 10, Property Tax Relief, I wouldn’t have thought to do this county analysis of the 2024 Trump/Biden Presidential vote unless you had posted on it at @lukemaciastx claiming Biden’s Texas vote was higher than Trump’s in SB 10’s bracketed 51 counties. It https://t.co/DOZP8r0ddz https://t.co/PcZKNr6woG”.
Paul Bettencourt has represented Texas’ 7th Senate district since his election in 2015. He succeeded Dan Patrick in this role as a member of the Republican Party.
