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By Christopher Quinn The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
6:23 p.m. Thursday, January 26, 2012 County residents could get more insight into how Special Purpose Local Option Sales Taxes are spent under a proposed law.
Voters approve the taxes, which are spent on infrastructure such as roads, public safety and libraries.
House Bill 814 would make local governments disclose any surplus money not spent for an approved project, the estimated date of completion for projects funded and the actual cost of projects once finished. Local governments already publish yearly a report showing money spent, costs changes in approved projects and how much is spent yearly.
“SPLOSTs allow voters to decide whether they want to be taxed to support a very specific project, but once their approval is given, voters have very little oversight in assuring that their hard-earned money is used appropriately," said the bill's primary sponsor, Rep. Alex Atwood, R-St. Simons. "HB 814 would rectify this by allowing voters to see exactly how much money their tax generates and how that money is used."
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Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2012 9:03 pm
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Boy this would REALLY screw up things here...Things are listed to be done and some of the things are quiety "Forgotten" about... And the TAX goes on......
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 12:01 pm
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Another great idea that won't work here in this county.. Be accountable for taxpayer money? Are you kidding me?
Let's face it guys, we here at dadeinfo are the ONLY ones who will even discuss it on a public forum. But our elected officialls will "Work" to sell us the idea of taxing ourselves without any strings of accountability. I believe that most here will vote NO but it won't matter because "It's fer the Kids" or another "Great Cause" that we can sell to our people to get what we WANT and not what we NEED! Have you seen that new Courthouse? We could hold the next Casey Anthony case here in our courtroom and still have plenty of space to convict OJ in the other one...... lol..lol.. But that's o.k. cause we always have more room for Fire engines (Oh SNAP) we need a place to keep them so let's add on to firehouses. Anyway, let's not worry about keeping track on projects or even like the City of Trenton, does not even have to name the projects because they just get a check cut and spend the way they want it spent.
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 5:38 pm
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No I will not be voting Yes on the new ESPLOST. It is time we quit giving money to a failing education system so they can continue failing. If you don't believe that... just look at the Stats they put out...it is a constant downward spiral but, they want more money to fall futher down the ladder...
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