"Taxes and Keeping Your Political Job"
With more BOC elections coming in the next year, those sitting on the Henry County BOC voted to roll back the millage rate for the county portion 100%. Of course it won't do the 1st District Commissioner any good since he lost his election yesterday. What the citizens must realize is that the millage rate is the same and the school board has the line share of the millage rate. They are maxxed out. If your home was reassessed at a higher value over last year your taxes will increase. That is a given. Listening to the budget director you can understand what is coming down the road for the citizens. They will be dipping into the fund balance to pay for the increases promised to the police and fire departments. They will have to be matched and made even higher in next years budget and then the commissioners will have no choice, but to raise your taxes. It is a given that this vote taken on the 27th of July was done for political purposes not for good sound judgment in budget matters. These commissioners said that the workers of the county tightened their belts to give this roll back to the people. They have to eat and live as well. How much of the BOC gave their salary back to the county? They are like those in Washington they want their paycheck and the retirement that goes with serving. But who do they really serve? Think about that when you go to pay your property taxes this year after your evaluation came up.
Morgan Bitterman, III
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The Citizens Get Taken Again over the Golf Course
According to the agenda for the July 19, 2016 BOC Meeting in McDonough, they will be discussing lease agreements for mowing equipment and Golf carts for the Cotton Fields Gold Course inwhich the County has taken on through the Department of Recreation. I looks as though the people will be on the hook for some sizeable money for this equipment leases to the tune of around one half a million dollars over the next 48--60 months. Why didn't the Golf Course already have this type of equipment? Who dropped the ball on this one and how much more will it cost the taxpayers to pay for this adventure.
They will also be discussing something is a double standard. A few years ago the BOC installed a rule saying no smoking or beer allowed in county parks. They will be approving a change to allow smoking and beer consumption at the Golf Course. Now this isn't right at all and if the Golf Course is to be a part of the Parks and Recreation Department then citizens should have the right to smoke and have a beer at the all county parks. This seems to be an elitist ruling because most people know it cost a good bit to play golf. Most working people in Henry County either don't have time to play golf or cannot afford it. By banning smoking and beer at the parks it was a serious infringement upon the rights of the citizens who paid to have these parks built. The citizens should take the BOC to court over this matter because it is a double standard.
Marcus Joseph Alexander
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The Madness Must Stop
Over the past few days law enforcement has taken a beating over various things. I have seen FBI bashing on Facebook over the director’s comments and lack of prosecution about Hillary Clinton’s EMail scandal. I have seen people that I thought were friends say things like the FBI are a bunch of thugs and are trash. As someone that worked in the Federal Law Enforcement field for six years till I was injured on the job, I find this very offensive and shows a lack of understanding. There is a lot about law enforcement the general public does not understand unless you have lived it yourself.
As I write this I am thinking of the fine men and women of the Dallas Police Department on the loss they have suffered of losing officers in a premeditated attack. Back in the 1990’s, I would go and visit my now late fiancee in Dallas and had the opportunity to interact with the very professional officers of the Department. They were some of the finest I had come across. They are hurting right now and need our support as they deal with the events that took place July 7th 2016. I ask that you pray and think about the families of the officers lost and those that are still keeping you safe. The families go through so much that you may not realize. When I got hurt my fiancee cried on the plane ride from Texas to Georgia worrying how I was and how bad I was hurt. Even before I was hurt she would worry about me knowing the job and the dangers and it took a toll on her. These families are now going through this same thing and some are going through a more difficult time with funerals to plan and attend to say goodbye to their loved ones for the last time. Christian Chaplains are being flown in from around the nation to help comfort members of the Dallas Police Department and the families of those who lost family members and had others who were wounded.
So, please I ask you to stop the madness of bashing law enforcement until you know the facts. And if you can’t do that then if you're on my Facebook friends list I will delete you as a friend and hope you can learn to understand, so you understand the wrong you are doing.
Alfred Britt.
