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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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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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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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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“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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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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I trust that most of you have had a chance to visit Paulding County’s revamped website. Unfortunately, the county chose not to fix the issue I presented to them back in October. The website still does not provide guidance on how a resident can figure out who their county commissioner is. The Information Technology Director’s...
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I had the opportunity tonight to speak to the Paulding County Board of Commissioners and to express my dissatisfaction with the current process a resident has to endure while trying to find out who their county commissioner is. Following several emails and phone conversations with various county employees, I am now able to recommend...
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Well a month has gone by and not much clarity has been provided concerning the final 2010 budget. I received an email from Pat Tibbets on 9/16 which contained the same Aug 7th 1-page budget summary that was provided by the county finance director. Here is a summary of the differences between the July 15th...
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Folks, I’m having a tough time locating the 2010 budget that was passed by the BOC on August 11th. As you see below, the 2010 budget was proposed on June 1st, revised on Jul 17th, and revised again on August 7th. The curious thing is that the Aug 7th budget only had a one-page...
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