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	<title>MillageRate.com &#187; edward lindsey</title>
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	<description>Promoting Honesty in Taxation in Georgia</description>
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		<title>Local Governments Suffer Under Bad Legislation</title>
		<link>http://www.millagerate.com/blog/local-governments-suffer-under-bad-legislation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bad legislation like Rep. Edward Lindsey’s property assessment freeze will force local governments to temper millage rollbacks or even increase rates when they might normally remain stable: The next several years could be lean ones for Morgan County as actions by state legislators come home to roost. County Finance Director Mia Wilson and County Manager [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pickens Chief Tax Appraiser predicts confusion and frustration with HB-233</title>
		<link>http://www.millagerate.com/blog/pickens-chief-tax-appraiser-predicts-confusion-and-frustration-with-hb-233/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 14:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to know about effective property tax reform, don’t ask a politician. Check with a professional: “Every state that has implemented this &#8212; California, Colorado, and Florida &#8212; has ended up with higher property taxes,” he said. “The perception behind this is crazy. Tax bills are dictated by budgets. You start freezing values [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DeKalb Did the Right Thing</title>
		<link>http://www.millagerate.com/blog/dekalb-did-the-right-thing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Our View]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dekalb county]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dekalb property taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[edward lindsey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fair market value]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[The following was sent to the author of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution article here.] What DeKalb did appears to be exactly CORRECT&#8230;. at least, if your interest is in fairly valuing property. The consideration of foreclosures and other distressed sales does not produce a true market value; it does not contribute to equity and fairness in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia Legislative Watch: HR 1 Back From the Dead</title>
		<link>http://www.millagerate.com/blog/georgia-legislative-watch-hr-1-back-from-the-dead/</link>
		<comments>http://www.millagerate.com/blog/georgia-legislative-watch-hr-1-back-from-the-dead/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[HR-1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Our View]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[assessment cap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[assessment freeze]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chip rogers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[House Republicans will try once again to pass HR1, a resolution calling for a vote on a constitutional amendment to impose a permanent, statewide assessment cap. I sent the following to every member of the House by email: House Democrats&#8211; please continue to resist efforts to pass HR1, now incorporated into SR1. On this issue [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Valdosta Daily Times: Passing the Buck to Local Governments is Not `Tax relief`</title>
		<link>http://www.millagerate.com/blog/valdosta-daily-times-passing-the-buck-to-local-governments-is-not-tax-relief/</link>
		<comments>http://www.millagerate.com/blog/valdosta-daily-times-passing-the-buck-to-local-governments-is-not-tax-relief/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[assessment caps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[assessment freeze]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[back door tax increase]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[millage rate]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Democrat Senators Tim Golden (D-Valdosta) and Doug Stoner (D-Smyrna) have co-authored an editorial highlighting the foundational problem with HB-233, Rep. Edward Lindsey’s assessment cap legislation that passed the Senate yesterday and is headed for the Governor’s desk: We do need to deal with rising property taxes in a responsible way. State government has actually been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State Senate `Morning Logic` on HB-233</title>
		<link>http://www.millagerate.com/blog/state-senate-morning-logic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.millagerate.com/blog/state-senate-morning-logic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:50:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following was sent to members of the Georgia State Senate this morning as they prepare to consider HB-233 this week: DO NOT READ ANY FURTHER&#8230;. &#8230; if you are a Republican who is a &#8220;team player,&#8221; whether or not &#8220;the team&#8221; is RIGHT OR WRONG&#8230; &#8230; if you will not vote your conscience (or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State House `Morning Encouragement`</title>
		<link>http://www.millagerate.com/blog/state-house-morning-encouragement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.millagerate.com/blog/state-house-morning-encouragement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:33:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HR-1]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following was sent to members of the Georgia House this morning. We invite you to reinforce the message by contacting your own state legislator. Good morning, Representative. Have you ever SERIOUSLY considered WHY Rep.Edward Lindsey&#8217;s assessment cap proposal, HR-1, must be enacted as a Constitutional amendment? Our State Constitutional requires FAIRNESS IN TAXATION: &#8220;&#8230;. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What You Don`t Know About HR-1</title>
		<link>http://www.millagerate.com/blog/what-you-dont-know-about-hr-1/</link>
		<comments>http://www.millagerate.com/blog/what-you-dont-know-about-hr-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[HR-1]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even AFTER HR-1, the 3% Assessment Cap, local officials can still adopt the same millage rate as in the previous year, even as property assessments increase. This will generate a tax windfall known as the "back door tax increase." Property owners will still pay more even when local politicians don't "raise taxes."]]></description>
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		<title>MillageRate.com: Why HB-233 Is Unconstitutional&#8230; And Dangerous</title>
		<link>http://www.millagerate.com/blog/millageratecom-why-hb-233-is-unconstitutional-and-dangerous/</link>
		<comments>http://www.millagerate.com/blog/millageratecom-why-hb-233-is-unconstitutional-and-dangerous/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 07:07:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have written an article describing, with actual numbers, the (I believe, unconstitutional) inequity inherent in HB-233, which was approved by the Georgia House of Representatives on Thursday. Click the link below. The State Constitution requires that government treat its citizens equitably, except where the legislative creation of a special classification can be reasonably justified. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lindsey Is a Danger to the Georgia Property Tax System</title>
		<link>http://www.millagerate.com/blog/lindsey-is-a-danger-to-the-georgia-property-tax-system/</link>
		<comments>http://www.millagerate.com/blog/lindsey-is-a-danger-to-the-georgia-property-tax-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Edward Lindsey (R-Atlanta) is wrong about HR-1, which would impose an assessment ‘freeze’ constitutionally, or HB-233 which seeks to do the same thing without a constitutional amendment for a two-year period. Not only is he wrong, but his ignorance is a danger to local governments, taxpayers and the Georgia property tax system.]]></description>
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