Over 99% of Georgia’s City Councils, County Commissions and School Boards fail to simply do the math.

Garland: Questions about Clarke ESPLOST – Online Athens

November 13th, 2011 Comments off

Garland: Questions about Clarke ESPLOST
Online Athens
... retiring bond debt and/or reducing the school district's portion of the local property tax millage rate, not to pay for design work on ESPLOST-4 projects. As part of my due diligence for this column, I contacted the Georgia Department of Revenue, ...

Sunday Sales, E-SPLOST IV Pass; Amos, Brown in APS Run-off – Atlanta Progressive News

November 9th, 2011 Comments off

Sunday Sales, E-SPLOST IV Pass; Amos, Brown in APS Run-off
Atlanta Progressive News
Homeowners were threatened with property tax millage rate increases if they did not support E-SPLOST IV, and the regressive tax was sold as a way to allow people who buy things in Atlanta but do not own property in Atlanta, to pick up part of the tab. ...

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BOC moves to add county manager – Covington News

November 9th, 2011 Comments off

BOC moves to add county manager
Covington News
On the other hand, Morgan said Middleton resigned - at least in large part - because the board of commissioners did not respect the budgets he originally brought to the board, which called for a millage rate increase. The question remains of how ...
BOC pursues county manager over chair's objectionsRockdale Citizen

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BOC pursues county manager over chair’s objections – Rockdale Citizen

November 8th, 2011 Comments off

BOC pursues county manager over chair's objections
Rockdale Citizen
15 -- due to the board's failure to heed his advice and raise the millage rate during the budget process. "We were given duties to do our job and I'm doing the job as elected by the voters of Newton County and I'm trying to understand why the board ...
BOC moves to add county managerCovington News

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Study finds city of Brookhaven viable – Dunwoody Crier

November 7th, 2011 Comments off

Study finds city of Brookhaven viable
Dunwoody Crier
"It is clear we are going to be able to write a city charter that likely results in a property tax cut and won't allow the millage rate to go higher than it is without voting in a referendum." The study indicated that DeKalb County's 82 percent ...

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