Archive for August, 2010

Someone Broke The Law

August 25, 2010
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Here are the facts: 1. The 2011 County M&O Budget is scheduled to be voted on September 16, 2010, at the 2pm Board of Commissioners meeting. 2. The “CODE OF PAULDING COUNTY, GEORGIA” states: ARTICLE I. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS* *Editor’s note: Printed in this article is 1975 Ga. Laws, page 2916, as amended, as adopted...
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Operations Director of GA Libertarian Party Equates Nathan Deal and GA GOP to White Supremacists

August 21, 2010
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Operations Director of GA Libertarian Party Equates Nathan Deal and GA GOP to White Supremacists

Those who are familiar with die-hard Libertarians already know about their controversial and extreme positions of open borders, legalized drugs, and blaming America’s foreign policiy for 9/11.  Accordingly, the below facebook post by Brett Bittner, Operations Director for the Libertarian Party of Georgia, is a prime example of why disaffected Republicans need to steer...
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Petition to Reverse Paulding County’s Property Tax/Mill-Rate Increase

August 19, 2010
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Petition to Reverse Paulding County’s Property Tax/Mill-Rate Increase

PLEASE SHARE WITH AS MANY FELLOW PAULDING COUNTY RESIDENTS AS POSSIBLE!!! ALSO, SHOW UP TO THE PUBLIC HEARING THIS COMING TUESDAY, AUGUST 24TH, AT 10AM. KEEP PRESSING ON! We, the undersigned, call on the Paulding County Board of Commissioners to roll the County M&O Mill-rate back to 6.65 mills. We believe that a 31%...
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Paulding’s Mill-Rate Increase: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

August 7, 2010
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Paulding’s Mill-Rate Increase: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

In a few short days, this Tuesday at 2pm to be exact, our Board of Commissioners will be voting to raise the M & O property tax mill-rate by 14.3%. Let’s take a look at this increase and it’s impact on our Fiscal Year 2011 Budget (dollar amounts are in millions): The Good: We...
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David Austin Just Jumped the Shark

August 6, 2010
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“Jumping the shark is an idiom used to describe the moment of downturn for a previously successful enterprise.” I just returned back from Rose’s Store with this week’s Dallas New Era in-hand.  As I flipped through “Section Two” of the paper, I came across the following political ad authored by the current Paulding County...
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We’re Back!

August 4, 2010
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After a year-long hiatus, the Paulding Pundit is back up and running.  I have a few cosmetic issues to deal with but we’ll be posting very shortly on the pending tax increase coming up next week in Paulding County.  Stay Tuned!
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