SPLOST to benefit Pike County most

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SPLOST to benefit Pike County most

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Tamara Sharman

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Wednesday, June 3. 2009

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Pike County will take the largest share when the proceeds of the proposed SPLOST are divided.

The Pike County Board of Commissioners is filling in details of the referendum that will eventually go before voters on the November ballot. At a workshop session Tuesday, June 2, commissioners decided how the SPLOST money will be divided among the county and municipalities, and commissioners selected the projects that the county's share of the SPLOST proceeds will fund.
The commissioners are expected to take official action on those matters at the meeting set for Wednesday, June 10.

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#1 Will it ever stop on 06/03/09 at 04:37 PM

If Pike Co. Commsners keep wanting to tax on everything including property taxes and the economy is so low now, that we are now asked to help fund our own health dept with personal donations sooner or later there are going to be very few people in Pike Co. who can even pay their own property taxes and then the county will own everything with no dollars in any fund because they weren't able to collect money from the citizens who have already been taxed out to the max, with no money left. So we will end up having a county that has no money for anything because the citizens don't have any more money to pay them. SO I vote no on any more taxes on anything

#2 TC on 06/04/09 at 07:29 AM

This is NOT a new tax. This is a continuation of the existing SPLOST. This is a tax paid by anyone who buys anything in Pike County and shifts some of the burden off of the property owners. That being said, the Commissioners must be careful in the projects they choose. The size/scope of government should not be expanded; and the SPLOST money should instead be used to reduce those costs that would otherwise be borne by the property owners.

While I understand your resentment toward all things tax related, this one actually shares the burden a little better. The Health Department is funded by the State of Georgia. You should talk to Gov. Perdue about why he spent so much money on his GO FISH program instead of maintaining the existing, necessary programs during hard times.

#3 Anonymous on 06/04/09 at 08:56 AM

Do we really need money spent on these things ?Lets get serious people .Some of us are really hurting .No insurance no jobs No money.The health Dept needs help ,gas prices are on the way up.

#4 anon on 06/04/09 at 09:36 AM

I'm sorry but the rec.department can have a fundraiser for their nets. Don't tax me. Sell candy bars.

#5 Anonymous on 06/04/09 at 01:33 PM

I'd prefer splost to property tax increase, atleast everyone is paying..

#6 Anonymous on 06/05/09 at 09:07 AM

I agree with#4 But we need to spend money wisely.

#7 James on 06/05/09 at 08:20 PM

What is the Fire Ordnance that I read about. Is this a new tax???????

#8 Anonymous on 06/06/09 at 08:24 AM

They try and sell this as a tax shared by all and that it will keep property taxes low.
Well now they are going to do away with homestead exemption this year(That is a property tax increase)what kind of pork projects do they want a new school, a new jail.
How about cutting spending like a true repuclican would. Do away with school TA's Cut the sheriffs budget for his 25 inmates.
With the Governor asking for a 10 percent cut at first then 25 percent more cut do Local officials really think folks want to pay more taxes.
Some older folks are going to have trouble paying an increase in their property tax.
I say let the Splost go for now and ask again when the economy is better,besides who really can go and buy things these days most folks are trying to save money.

#9 Anonymous on 06/06/09 at 08:35 AM

Problem is they do not want just one they want to have splost and they are going to increase your propeerty taxes.
The general assembly for the state has already not renewed the homestead exemption.
So your property tax is gonna increasefrom 100 to 300 dollars. So much for that promise

#10 Anonymous on 06/06/09 at 10:18 AM

I agree with#7 on the part of older folks having trouble paying their taxesand waiting for the economy to get better.I am not a very smart person but I know when I can buy and when not to buy.I dont Have credit cards.Idont buy any thing I cant pay for Right then .People you can do it If i can you can.

#11 Annonymous on 06/06/09 at 10:30 AM

House Minority Leader DuBose Porter of Dublin called Perdue’s elimination of the homeowner tax credit "the largest proposed property tax increase in the state’s history and said the governor was only thinking short-term".
ATLANTA JOURNAL
Republicans dont raise Taxes,Do they???
Sonny Perdue has.
Some people dont get it.Whatever party is in power they always think their purpose for spending is better than the other party.
Tell our Elected officials to cut spending.

#12 Just to let you know on 06/08/09 at 02:35 PM

It is clear that you dont know too much about how the goverment runs. The County has to maintain a Jial by law and the twenty-five inmate jail as you call it has to have a budget and just rememebr this with out a bigger Jail this county suffers by housing out inmates at a cost of $35.00 per day per inmate and this does not include medical or anything else. As far as the Schools are concerned thisthe same apply to them these are not a luxury but mandated so it sounds like you might want to voice your concern to the federal government who mandate these rulings.

#13 Anonymous on 06/08/09 at 08:44 PM

OK Im telling OUr Elected officials. STOPSPENDING. STOP WASTING MONEY.

#14 Anonymous on 06/08/09 at 08:58 PM

MY ansertey wereBORN and raised in pike county.I moved to Pike county Ithought it would be a good place to live. Taxes werent TO bad.The place I came from had got so bad crime and every body fussing.Now it looks like the repeat of the same thing.Iguess Iam stuck here.My work place closed down.

#15 Sheila Tolley on 06/09/09 at 09:16 AM

You are not stuck anywhere until you are "stuck in the ground." If your work place has closed, why would you be stuck here?

#16 Anonymous on 06/09/09 at 05:07 PM

#11My age and health.Thanks Sheila I neededthat.

#17 Sheila Tolley on 06/09/09 at 07:58 PM

I am once again confused. Was that a negative or positive comment?

#18 Methusela on 06/10/09 at 04:38 PM

Well, if this new splost is an extension of the current one then mebbe all those new firehouses with all the brand new shiny fire trucks in 'em can get brand new flagpoles planted in front of 'em. Right next and in the middle of all that pretty landscaping that has been done. Nah, I don't think I want to give away any more of my money to a bunch of wannabe politicians who think that if they have a title it means they can spend all the money they (meaning the county)don't have

#19 Anonymous on 06/13/09 at 12:49 PM

#12 Positive. You seem to be a real Intelegent person,and give good advise. Iwould like to have you in my corner or on my side as us older people use to say.

#20 G. Wilkerson on 06/19/09 at 10:45 AM

Commissioner Willis and Commissioner Powers tried to save the county over $50,000 a year by not funding the Scrap Tire Program aka Code Enforcement. Parrish Swift, Don Collins and Doug Mangum over rode them. We don't need a code enforcement program in Pike County. The longer the program last the more we spend and the code officers butt gets wider and wider from sitting on it. Parrish stood a good chance of re-election by standing with Mr. Willis, kiss that goodbye.

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