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School board singing budget blues

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Walter Geiger
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Sunday, May 20. 2012
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A $45 million dip in the tax digest caused by mass revaluations of property in the wake of the real estate bust has given the Lamar County board of education a bad case of budget blues. The lowering of the digest could cost it from $300,000 to $800,000.

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#1 Fed Up on 05/22/12 at 10:23 AM
OK Lamar county, bend over and grab your ankles. Looks like the E-SPLOST wasn't enough.
#1.1 Fed Up on 05/22/12 at 05:03 PM
Oh, and bye the way they would like you to vote for the T-SPLOST too or we will have to raise the millage rate.


"If it passes, counties will be asked to match 10% for local projects. If it does not pass, the match rises to 30%. Boatwright noted that match would end up on the backs of property owners: “There is no plan B.”"
#2 Barnesville Runaway on 05/22/12 at 12:12 PM
Well maybe they should stop paying for all the board members to go to Savannah every year on our tax dollars. I havent been on vacation in three years. Maybe i should run for the school board.
#3 Yeu Kno Hu on 05/22/12 at 12:57 PM
Wait...when are public schools complaining about lack of funds? Isn't that the normal state of affairs?
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