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

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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Tomorrow D-Day for SPLOST, ELOST Vote in Walton County – Patch.com

November 7th, 2011 Comments off

Tomorrow D-Day for SPLOST, ELOST Vote in Walton County
Patch.com
Property taxes will be raised and the millage rate will go up. And on SPLOST, we need that jail. Our population has gone from 60000 to 83, 000 and as that growth comes, so do criminals.” Bagley said if money is collected in sales tax, anyone purchasing ...

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Tax hikes don’t stop lawmaker travel – Atlanta Journal Constitution

November 4th, 2011 Comments off

Tax hikes don't stop lawmaker travel
Atlanta Journal Constitution
The new 21.21 millage rate is the highest since at least 1992. DeKalb officials, many of whom have leadership roles in NACO, said they attend the conference every year because it draws colleagues with a common set of problems and challenges from around ...

BOE member believes Class of 2011 was “the best we’ve ever had” • Dave Belton – Morgan County Citizen

November 4th, 2011 Comments off

BOE member believes Class of 2011 was “the best we've ever had” • Dave Belton
Morgan County Citizen
... 23 students went to UGA and four went to Georgia Tech. That is huge. Enrollment was basically flat at 3328. It was 2945 ten years ago, with an average yearly gain of 1 percent for the past 11 years. On the budget side, we returned the millage rate ...

Get to Know: Brad Raffensperger – Patch.com

November 3rd, 2011 Comments off

Get to Know: Brad Raffensperger
Patch.com
Our budget will be in balance without any increase in the city millage rate. The success of our economic development plan has provided the additional funds for us to accelerate transportation improvements, sidewalk and bike path expansion and creation ...

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