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Weiss was elected, as a Libertarian, a Director of the Northwest Austin # 1 Municipal Utility District and had a fiduciary responsibility for that public utility in the state of Texas, USA.

Previously he had worked for the establishment of an elementary school in Canyon Creek, his neighborhood, which was granted in the mid-1990s by Round Rock Independent School District.

While in office he served as the Finance Chairman, and led the effort to reduce taxes while improving services.

Taxes were reduced by over 50 % on property in his District under his leadership.

Services to residents / taxpayers were actually improved as a result.

He resigned when believed his work was completed on the basic taxation issue, but not before participating in a lawsuit against the City of Austin for multiplicity of taxation.

Alan R. Weiss, Don Zimmerman, and William Ferguson asserted that Austin had violated the Texas State Water Code.

The case has been heard by the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals of the State of Texas.

Meanwhile, there was a failed attempt by the State of Texas Legislature to modify the state Water Code to deny in-city Municipal Utility Districts and cities from creating allocation agreements.

The Third Circuit court ruled in 2009 that an allocation agreement in fact did exist, and that the City of Austin must adjust its tax rates so that the ad valorem taxes were equivalent such that the taxes paid by residents in the M. U. D.

were equal to those paid by others in the rest of the city.

The City took the case to the Texas Supreme Court, but that court denied to review the case.

Issuing a relatively confusing order for the City and the M. U. D.

to negotiate " in good faith ", the City of Austin finally threw in the towel in the winter of 2010, buying out the M. U. D.

bond debt.

Thus, the M. U. D.

decided to abolish itself.

Director Weiss, along with Directors Zimmerman and Ferguson, had won the case