Before the primary election on July 20, supporters of the SPLOST renewal were saying that we had to renew the SPLOST or else we would end up paying higher property taxes. The SPLOST renewal passed.
Well, I opposed it, but at least it won’t fall back on property taxes, right? Wrong. On August 10 the Board of Commissioners raised the millage rate (unnecessarily), which upset a lot of people.
There is a public hearing on August 24 to discuss the 2011 budget, which, given the number of people outraged over the millage rate increase, will probably be a crowded event. On Thursday the 19th, some concerned citizens are meeting to discuss the hearing. More information on that is available here.
The next time you’ve actually got a say in what taxes you pay, remember the SPLOST renewal. Remember the Paulding County Board of Commissioners. Remember how taxes were raised even though we passed the SPLOST. Then vote accordingly.
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You know… Even when a SPLOST is passed, the propensity to raise property taxes increases. As SPLOST “revenue” may pay for the initial outlay for whatever project might entail, the subsequent maintenance and operating expenses of the project still fall to the property owners to pay as soon as the SPLOST money is spent. That’s a nice nugget to ponder the next time you hear someone argue in favor of a SPLOST by saying that property taxes will be raised to pay for it, if the SPLOST fails.
STAND UP to the county or city to tell them that the project is unneeded or that they need to cut spending in other areas to pay for a “needed” project.
I need some help, the local school board ask the community to pass a splost to bill a gym the project was complete and the local board want to pass a policy so no one outside a school activity can use the facility. We are a small community of about 5,000 and we have very small churches and old building not fit to eat in. Please give me some direction.