Knox County hosts tax-abatement education meeting Aug. 20

  • MIKE FRY OF K.E. ANDREWS, a former tax appraiser, explained the upside of tax abatements for counties. | COURTESY PHOTO
    MIKE FRY OF K.E. ANDREWS, a former tax appraiser, explained the upside of tax abatements for counties. | COURTESY PHOTO
  • ATTORNEY BRYAN GUYMON of the Underwood Law Firm in Pampa helped commissioners draft the abatement agreements currently in effect, his insight was beneficial to the meeting. | COURTESY PHOTO
    ATTORNEY BRYAN GUYMON of the Underwood Law Firm in Pampa helped commissioners draft the abatement agreements currently in effect, his insight was beneficial to the meeting. | COURTESY PHOTO

    Thirty-five or so citizens gathered in the Knox City High School auditorium on Thursday evening, Aug. 20, to hear invited guests Mike Fry from K.E. Andrews and Bryan Guymon from Underwood Law Firm on a subject that has been a hot topic for the last few months across Texas. Given the escalating number of proposed AI data centers, alternative energy projects, and related infrastructure upgrades acro…