Businesses give $100,000 in political donations before vote to expand Property Appraiser’s powers. On the line: massive tax breaks

On the same day that County Commissioner Raquel A. Regalado voted to give the Property Appraiser office more power, her political committee received $13,000 in donations from a group of businesses pushing for the measure. Those same businesses had given her father, Tomás P. Regalado $4,500 in donations one month earlier. Her father is running for property appraiser.