SPLOST may not make ballot
A new Georgia law may make it impossible for the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax referendum to make it on the ballots in November. House Bill 540 was effective July 1 and extends the notice provision from 60 to 90 days.
County attorney Rob Morton says the new law’s effective date affects the county’s decision to approve a SPLOST referendum.
“My concern is that because of ambiguity, we can’t call for election in November because we can’t meet the notice deadline,” Morton said. “The call for a SPLOST vote is still technically deemed a special election,” he said. “We can hold it the third Tuesday in March or we can hold in it June or November.”
Commissioners have not yet made a determination on the SPLOST referendum but will address the issue at the Aug. 31 meeting. Morton says they likely will not approve the item be added to the ballot because of the recent passage of House Bill 540.
“Based on the effective date of the new law I can’t in good faith advise my clients to proceed with the SPLOST,” he said.
For more, read the Wednesday, August 18 print/eEdition of The Pike County Journal-Reporter.
“My concern is that because of ambiguity, we can’t call for election in November because we can’t meet the notice deadline,” Morton said. “The call for a SPLOST vote is still technically deemed a special election,” he said. “We can hold it the third Tuesday in March or we can hold in it June or November.”
Commissioners have not yet made a determination on the SPLOST referendum but will address the issue at the Aug. 31 meeting. Morton says they likely will not approve the item be added to the ballot because of the recent passage of House Bill 540.
“Based on the effective date of the new law I can’t in good faith advise my clients to proceed with the SPLOST,” he said.
For more, read the Wednesday, August 18 print/eEdition of The Pike County Journal-Reporter.
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If you can't make this election cycle it will just have to wait for the next.
IN GOD WE TRUST
IN SPLOST WE MUST
at least i HOPE that's what it is...
I just can't pick the lottery numbers, I don't know why.
2 - You only get a very small tax break. You still pay plenty of taxes ($5500/year on my 25 acres)
3 - This tax break is available for every citizen with more than 10 acres of land.
why don't you give me your name and i'll come show you my tax bill.
why don't you post a link to this parcel of land or are you so stupid you don't know how?
Richard Cranium.
If there's a house on that 10 acres then, in my opinion, it shouldn't qualify. The house isn't "conserving" anything. It's developing it.
We can't build on less than three acres. So you should have to own 13 acres if there's a house on that land. 10 can be in CUVA, but the other 3 shouldn't be.
IN GOD WE TRUST
I will not gloat, just fact.
IN GOD WE TRUST
IN SPLOST WE MUST
When you have people you don't know willing to sacrifice their family time, their work time, their money and their personal comfort to demand our commissioners express careful consideration of the upcoming budget so that your tax dollars can be more carefully spent you should be grateful; I know I am.
I am grateful for every man and woman who showed up in freezing weather in February this year to protest unwise spending and I am grateful for every man and woman (some brought their kids along) who showed up at the more recent school board hearings to ask questions and demand accountability of how your tax dollars are spent.
I will continue to do what I can to hold elected officials accountable for their actions and I will continue to encourage people like you to come to meetings.
I am really sorry that you feel you need to hide behind a silly screen name to throw stones at people like me and hey if it is personal call me.
:>)
www.pikeassessor.com
it WILL get you a world of lawsuits.
if any of you think that molena resident, concord at large or checked it out have a clue then you are clueless.
here we go...
post a link any one of you that shows what any of these people pay in property taxes.
go ahead liars, post it!!
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the thing is you can't because the things that have been said are OUTRIGHT LIES.
you keep coming up with excuses as to why you can't show anyone because you have not idea what you are talking about.
same as the two idiots above you in this blog molena idiot and idiot at large.
Glory days are coming.........
build on part of that land you can not claim it all as conservation land dead beat.
MR, CAL and checked don't have a clue, they are just trying to stir up stuff with a bunch of lies. V has already called them on it twice with the only response being excuses.
i'm guessing molena idiot, idiot at large, checked it idiot and working as an idiot are all the same idiot.