The elected and appointed bodies governing Lamar County and its municipalities unanimously agreed to call a SPLOST referendum at an intergovernmental meeting this morning.
The vote to extend the special local option sales tax will be held on March 15, 2011.
Who owned that property. I wonder about that. Does anyone have a realistic answer?
I want a library in Milner as much as anybody but times are hard, money is tight and now is not the time to build a library or spend any money on anything that is not necessary. They act like they can't hear, or maybe they just don't care?
I really did not want to get involved but I might have to run this next time!
There is a forum for it now. just go to www.lamarteaparty.org and click on forum. You gotta join to post, but lets get together and make some plans to let those commissioners know just how serious we are!!!!!
We need to make our voices heard so loud and clear that some commissioners get the message!
Julia
250,000.00 For a new roof for service center
350,000.00 For recreational projects & equipment
500,00.00 For Fire dept. equipment & Fire Station Improvements.
495,000.00 For Public Works Equipment
3,261,131.00 For roads and bridges
There is going to be a special election on March 15th, 2011 for this to be approved. I say NO WAY to this tax extension. This needs to be voted down. We need to start now campaigning against this and putting signs out, NO to 6 year splost extension. We already know our present commissioners only spend , not cut taxes. When I grew up, I wore hand me downs, we took turns getting the clean tub water. My mother used the same bath water for both of us., cause we did not have alot of money and every penny counted. Our treat for candy was sugar cane. Our wrangler jeans had patches on the knees. New soles on our shoes and taps on the heels to keep them from wearing down. All I am saying to the county government is you can cut back if you want to. The problem is you are spending other peoples money . I am sure if you ran your household budget like you have ran our county budget each one of you would be out of house and in bankruptcy court. Why isn't the money on the recreation dept.( As for as wants and needs., this is a "want" in my book not a "need." ) being spent on our deficit. And the fire dept. is another story. By the time you commissioners finish blowing our hard earned money on the fire dept. we should have one heck of a jam up firehouse and equipment for 3 fire fighters. Why can't you stop the spending? We are in a recession. You can't squeeze blood out of a turnip, but you are trying. As far as roads, I haven't seen roads paved here in years. A few patches here and there for cracks and potholes. QUIT SPENDING MONEY WE DON'T HAVE.Be content and thankful for what the county has and make to do until times are better. Work with what you have. Get rid
In other words NO! Quit trying to build this million dollar fire station just down the road from the Barnesville Fire Station. This is how Lamar likes to waste money.
SPLOST SPLOST SPLOST. When in doubt, just call everything SPLOST. The last SPLOST built a multimillion dollar stadium and a multimillion dollar Auditorium. I'm done with SPLOST.
Just why would SPLOST funds be funding anything there??? Seriously, what on earth do these people think they are doing??? And why in the hell should the tax payers of this county be funding it???
And come election time, it's not looking so good for some folks either.
SPLOST must be voted on by the people. The SPLOST money by law must be used for the purpose it wss voted for. It cannot be used to pay off debt. It can only be used to fund other SPLOST projects within the vote if the completed project has excess funds remaining of the funded project. If after all projects are complete and excess money remains, it can be used to reduce property tax.
This is the site to the SPLOST Guide. Research it yourself. The 400K of SPLOST returned by the Ag Authority was misused. SPLOST money must be kept in separtate accounts and cannot be placed in the General Fund. A SPLOST project cannot be abandoned. Lamar County receives af "F" grade.
- This site should take you the SPLOST Guide.
http://www.accg.org/library/SPLOSTGuideFinal2008.pdf
About the only person that can do anything is the sheriff or chief of police. They can take the complaint but to get anything done they would need to contact the state attorney general. You as a private citizen cannot bring a complaint to the AG. It has to be done by law enforcement or a governmental official.
What does that say for expected assistance? The law enforcement budget is controlled by government officials!
To buy equipment for fire stations and firefighting apparatus? WT# I thought the ems/fire thingie what ever its called was to pay for firefighting apparatus??
At no time have I seen where the citizens have filed class action suits to determine if these fees are constitutional.
Especially those who come under proviing for the common defence (fire) and general welfare (ambulance). Hopefully this will eventually take place, and a determination made.
In other news Encore Plastics Corporation, a Sandusky, Ohio-based injection molder and thermoformer, will locate a distribution and manufacturing operation in the city of Forsyth in Monroe County. The plant will manufacture and distribute an assortment of paint-related packaging items, along with a full line of industrial pails. Encore will begin operation in first quarter 2011 with 25 employees and anticipates expanding the facility and hiring up to 100 employees in the near future.