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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Paulding County’s New Website Has Same Old Problem

January 26, 2010
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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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Paulding County’s 12 Step Program

October 27, 2009
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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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