The following is the agenda of the Call Meeting of the Board of Education:
Camden County Schools
BOE CALLED MEETING AGENDA
9/17/2009
5:00:00 PM
311 South East Street
P.O. Box 1330
Kingsland, GA 31548
Herbert Rowland - Chairman Dr. Will Hardin - Superintendent
I. CALL TO ORDER - Chairperson, Herbert Rowland
II. ADOPTION OF AGENDA - School Board
III. ACTION ITEMS
a. Tentative Adoption of Millage Rate
IV. ADJOURNMENT
Once again I must tell you "I Told You So"!
Dr. Will said that if you don't vote for the ESPLOST we will have to raise your taxes!
"If you don't, We will"
Sounds like he is saying we don't care what you think. If you remember many of us were against the ESPLOST, only because of the economy. I don't think anyone can be against ESPLOST, we were just against the timing. Even Dr. Will said the timing wasn't right. But he went ahead and recommended it to the board. And of course the board didn't question it? The people chosen to represent us, didn't question it.
So now we come to the millage rate. Better know as Taxes!!!!! In this case higher taxes!!!!!
You know that is what is going to happen, they have to, they have no choice at this point, With tax revenues down because of the recession, the same reason ESPLOST will fail, they have to raise taxes! And when ESPLOST fails, and it will fail to raise enough money, who will pay?
Remember they wanted ESPLOST so they wouldn't have to raise your taxes.
and I ain't going believe that old line "no one could have seen this coming!!!!!!!!
"The people of this County do not yield their sovereignty to the agencies which serve them. The people, in delegating authority, do not give their public servants the right to decide what is good for the people to know and what is not good for them to know. The people insist on remaining informed so that they may retain control over the instruments they have created." ***The views expressed on this blog are the opinions of the individual that wrote them.
1 comment:
Rick,
By law, ESPLOST reveneues can only be used to finance capital improvements. They can not be used to cover operating expenses.
Conversely, ad valorem taxes may be used to cover BOTH capital improvements (i.e., new school buildings) AND operatoing expenses.
So, you see, when Hardin said that passing ESPLOST would obviate the need for raising ad valorem taxes by an amount neeed to pay for new schools, he was absolutely correct.
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