Oconee County, GA Politics

Lee Becker once again is ahead of the curve in the local media in anticipating local government action and reaction. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Lee Becker < lbbecker@mindspring.com > Date: Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 10:54 PM Subject: SPLOST Upcoming To: lbbecker@mindspring.com Dear Friends, In the next two weeks, the Board of Commissioners will fashion a tax sales tax package it hopes you will approve in March of 2009. The county has come to depend on the "special purpose" sales tax to fund lots of routine activities and to pay off debt for projects approved far in the past. Some local citizens think part of the county's pitch for the continuation of the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) should be some local projects the county has so far ignored, such as historic and scenic site and farmland protection. For a primer on the upcoming SPLOST and the key meetings on Nov. 20, Nov. 25 and Dec. 2, go to my blog at http://www.oconeecoun...