tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994679863347954941.post8754613251485308416..comments2023-04-15T11:32:36.760-04:00Comments on The Other Athens: (Yet) Another Reason to Vote NOUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994679863347954941.post-14010932906654246652022-06-20T15:53:46.156-04:002022-06-20T15:53:46.156-04:00Great reading your bblog postGreat reading your bblog postMia Wellshttps://www.miawells.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994679863347954941.post-52155254349452836432010-10-13T22:33:19.807-04:002010-10-13T22:33:19.807-04:00While I appreciate the compliment, I must disagree...While I appreciate the compliment, I must disagree with your proposed course of action.<br /><br />Even though I fully expect the SPLOST ballot resolution to pass, I will continue to lobby for its defeat. The stakes are simply too high; if this passes, we will be stuck with a $200 million (by the time interest is taken into account), almost decade-long travesty. We will not have the opportunity to revise the process or educatate anyone about anything again until the 2020s.<br /><br />I'm sorry, but I will continue to do everything I can to defeat this.Jamesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994679863347954941.post-81158886065503865892010-10-13T18:35:43.294-04:002010-10-13T18:35:43.294-04:00You were on the right track with your careful hist...You were on the right track with your careful history of the sales taxes (SPLOST, ELOST, etc.). Advocating a defeat of this SPLOST though is something of a waste of space and effort: It'll probably pass anyway, and taking sides is counter-productive if you want to spur public understanding of the process and its evolution. <br />My own criticisms of SPLOST is that it undercuts the critical review process associated with government spending, and turns the M&C into excited teenagers shopping at Phipp's with dad's credit card. Better oversight WOULD occur, for instance, if they had to raise property taxes to pay for a project. Along these lines, I think SPLOST, in these times, represents not wise government; but irresponsible government. (The way the backdoor tax increase or the storm water fee is irresponsible -- and liable to cause mistrust.)<br />It's hard to fathom how many no votes will materialize. I don't think ACC is yet across the threshhold where it can effectively drive a yes vote for SPLOST. Let's wait and see how the 'yes vote' folks campaign and advertise. Other communities, though, such as Augusta, Columbus, and the Atlanta area have already arrived at that destination.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com