Splost Vote

The vote on the splost tax passed in our little county this week.  I support the tax as a means of generating revenue to continue services to the community - and ours has been hard hit economically in the past few years, but then so have many others.  County government should not be in the money making business.

There are many counties that continually increase property tax, while others institute an local income tax.  The splost tax distributes the burden of tax among those that spend money in the county.  If you don't have money to spend, it has no impact. 

I feel that our commissioners are not wise stewards of the monies they receive for county operations, but when constituents are always screaming for more and better services there must be a way to support those services.

For the past 20 odd years our population has not changed more than 2000 people and that was when there was manufacturing and a college in the county.  Our county is included in the Metro Atlanta network only because the majority of our population work in the network and live in our little county.  There are so many disadvantages to this designation and few benefits. 

Thanks for those that supported the splost and remember to pray for our commissioners in their decision making in the use of these funds. 

Happy reading!
Belle