Screvens: Taxpayers against millage hike
With a barrage of short, to-the-point questions, a small group of Screven County taxpayers made it clear Aug. 18: They do not want to pay higher property taxes.
Meanwhile, commissioners attending the first of three public hearings on the proposed tax hike explained and defended the need for the increase.
Commissioners will occupy the hot seat twice today, Aug. 25, at public hearings set for 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. The board is scheduled to set Screven County’s total 2005 millage rate shortly after tonight’s public hearing
The hearings in the commission meeting room at the Screven County Courthouse are expected to bring more tough questions like last week’s irate taxpayers posed.
“How many of you have gotten a 30 percent raise this year?” property owner Rod Parrott said.
But commission chairman J.C. Warren said the increase the average taxpayer will see will be less than that.
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