Oconee County SPLOST Vote Set by BOC

UGA PR prof and Oconee County Observations blogger Lee Becker once again scoops the mainstream media with details on the March 17 referendum allowing our illustrious and well educated voters to decide if we want to keep coming up with an extra penny for the next six years.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: SPLOST Vote Set
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:15:53 -0500
From: Lee Becker <lbbecker@mindspring.com>
Reply-To: lbbecker@mindspring.com
To: lbbecker@mindspring.com 


Dear Friends,  The Oconee County Board of Commissioners has taken the final two steps  
needed to give voters a chance to decide to reduce local sales taxes by  
a penny on the dollar or to continue paying that tax for another six years.  
The Board has approved an intergovernmental agreement 
with the county's  
four cities and set the election for March 17, 2009.  
The county also has released a report on what citizens have gotten for  
the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax, which has been in place  
since December of 2004.  
The county reported it has spent 43 percent of the $25 million it  
expects to take in from the five-year SPLOST when it 
expires in 17  
months–or 53 percent of the $20.4 million the county has collected as of  
the end of October of this year.  For details, 
go to my blog at http://oconeecountyobservations.blogspot.com  
I wish each of you a wonderful holiday.  Lee  --  Lee Becker  
Blog: www.oconeecountyobservations.blogspot.com  Web: http://lbbecker48.googlepages.com/

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