Cobb Millage Debate over Life Quality
After both sides made passionate pleas about the proposed tax increase Tuesday morning, the county commissioners returned for a second round.
The Cobb County Board of Commissioners is holding the second of three hearings on the proposed millage rate increase today at 6 p.m. at 100 Cherokee St. During the first hearing this morning, speakers were closely divided on whether to raise the rate from a total of 9.6 mills to 11.21 mills for the fiscal year that ends Sept. 30. That change would add an average of $111.66 to the county tax bill for homes worth $190,000 to $210,000. People on both sides said Cobb's quality of life is at stake. We're covering the hearing live on Twitter at SouthCobbPatch and collecting the tweets here for further comment. Most of the dozens of speakers at Tuesday night's second hearing on the proposed millage rate increase in Cobb County took one of two …
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Pam J
5:27 pm on Monday, August 8, 2011
Well, I guess we are all paying for things we "bought" during the good times. People who bought houses because they got talked into adjustable rate mortgages, nice cars to keep up with everybody, and the county buying golf courses and the Mable House Amphitheater. At the time, it all seemed reasonable. Unfortunately we are in a really bad economic period right now and all of the spending is … more ›