David Rogers
TX · Pflugerville City Council, Place 6
David Rogers is a Pflugerville lawyer who has served on the City Council since 2020. He focuses on low taxes, a larger homestead exemption, open budgets, and limiting city spending and debt.
Where David Rogers stands, based on their records
Supports
Housing Affordability (1 record), Social Programs and Welfare (1 record), Public Infrastructure (1 record)
Opposes
Environment and Public Health (1 record), Civil Rights (1 record)
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (4 support · 3 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 1 oppose
Cast the only no vote on a resolution requiring masks inside city-owned buildings during COVID-19. It passed 5-1.
August 18, 2021Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: legistar1.granicus.com
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 4 support · 3 oppose
Voted no on a property tax rate of $0.5436 per $100 of value for fiscal year 2027, a 3.46% increase in the tax rate. It passed 5-2.
September 8, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: legistar1.granicus.com
Voted no on the city's budget for fiscal year 2027, after proposing to move $800,000 from the Justice Center budget to the animal shelter. It passed 5-2.
September 8, 2026Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: legistar1.granicus.com
Seconded and voted yes on a motion to put $2.1 million from the fiscal year 2027 budget toward the Monarch recreation center. It passed 4-3; his earlier motion to cut the parks funding commitment to a 1% dedication got no second.
February 10, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: legistar1.granicus.com
Voted no on issuing $127 million in certificates of obligation (city debt that does not need a public vote) for city projects. It passed 5-2.
April 8, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: legistar1.granicus.com
Voted yes on a $4.36 million tax-increment payment to reimburse a developer for public improvements at the North Pointe East project on SH 130. City staff had recommended denial, and it failed 2-5.
January 14, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: legistar1.granicus.com
Voted no on a property tax rate of $0.5362 per $100 of value for fiscal year 2024, a 24% increase in the tax rate. His motion for a lower $0.4962 rate got no second.
September 12, 2023Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: legistar1.granicus.com
Voted yes to issue up to $153 million in certificates of obligation, a type of city debt that does not need a public vote, for Downtown East public improvements. It passed unanimously.
May 23, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: legistar1.granicus.com
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 support
Moved to raise the city property tax exemption for seniors and for disabled homeowners to $50,000 for the next year. It passed unanimously.
June 28, 2022Supports Housing Affordability
Source: legistar1.granicus.com
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support
Moved to raise the city property tax exemption for seniors and for disabled homeowners to $50,000 for the next year. It passed unanimously.
June 28, 2022Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: legistar1.granicus.com
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 1 oppose
Cast the only no vote on a council resolution standing in solidarity with the LGBTQIA+ community, after raising concerns about it. It passed 5-1.
March 8, 2022Opposes Civil Rights
Source: legistar1.granicus.com
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Voted yes to issue up to $153 million in certificates of obligation, a type of city debt that does not need a public vote, for Downtown East public improvements. It passed unanimously.
May 23, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: legistar1.granicus.com
Track record — General
General · 16 records
Voted no on ending the city's ambulance contract with Allegiance Mobile Health and moving emergency medical services to Travis County Emergency Services District No. 2. It passed 5-2.
July 14, 2026
Source: legistar1.granicus.com
Cast the only no vote on appointing Willie Richards as Pflugerville police chief. It passed 5-1.
October 28, 2025
Source: legistar1.granicus.com
Cast the only no vote on settling his own lawsuit against Travis County Emergency Services District No. 17. The city agreed to pay $275,000 of the district's legal fees, and it passed 5-1.
September 10, 2024
Source: statesman.com
Won a Texas Supreme Court ruling, with two other voters, ordering the Travis County Emergency Services District No. 2 board to check their sales tax petition's signatures and call an election if valid.
May 24, 2024
Source: txcourts.gov
Won a second term on Place 6 unopposed. The council declared him elected on Sept. 12, 2023, and canceled the November election.
September 12, 2023
Source: legistar1.granicus.com
Voted no on sending voters a charter amendment to pay the mayor $12,000 and council members $9,000 a year. The council approved the ballot measure 5-2.
August 8, 2023
Source: legistar1.granicus.com
Voted no on removing Anthony Nguyen from the Pflugerville Community Development Corporation board. He said the board benefits from a dissenting voice. It passed 5-1.
July 25, 2023
Source: legistar1.granicus.com
Registered as a Pflugerville council member in support of House Bill 1775, on electing emergency services district board members, at a Texas Senate Local Government Committee hearing.
May 21, 2023
Source: capitol.texas.gov
Joined a lawsuit as a resident to force Travis County Emergency Services District No. 2 to call an election on cutting its sales tax, after the district rejected a voter petition.
February 16, 2023
Source: statesman.com
Voted no on a motion to spend the rest of the city's federal pandemic relief (ARPA) money on food insecurity. It failed 2-4.
November 29, 2022
Source: legistar1.granicus.com
Moved a resolution asking state lawmakers to change laws on cities and emergency services districts, so residents could vote on who represents them. It failed 2-3.
September 27, 2022
Source: legistar1.granicus.com
Seconded and voted yes on a contract with Acadian Ambulance Services to provide emergency medical services in the city. It passed 5-2.
November 9, 2021
Source: legistar1.granicus.com
Filed a lawsuit as a plaintiff to stop Travis County Emergency Services District No. 17 from holding an election to annex Pflugerville. A judge dismissed the suit on Sept. 17, 2021.
August 9, 2021
Source: communityimpact.com
Spoke and voted against a resolution opposing state limits on cities using public money to hire lobbyists. He said lobbyists should not push positions residents oppose. It passed 5-2.
February 23, 2021
Source: legistar1.granicus.com
Moved to adopt a new city purchasing policy. The motion failed 3-4, and the policy was sent back for more discussion.
February 23, 2021
Source: legistar1.granicus.com
Won election to Pflugerville City Council Place 6, beating incumbent Jim McDonald 11,948 votes to 11,066, according to the city's official canvass.
November 3, 2020
Source: legistar1.granicus.com
Past race David Rogers ran in:
- City Council Member, Place 2 · November 3, 2026 · Pflugerville city, Texas