Douglas voters vote down SPLOST
James Bell and the Douglas County Taxpayers Coalition have done it again:
Douglas County voters Tuesday rejected a 1 percent special purpose local option sales tax, a move which jeopardizes work on the Pine Mountain Gold Museum at Stockmar Park and may prevent $2 million in road and sewer projects in Villa Rica.The unofficial returns with all precincts reporting found 3,357 (51.3 percent) voting against the SPLOST, and 3,188 (48.7 percent) voting for it. The voter turnout for the special election was 11.52 percent.
The $166 million SPLOST would have been used to build a new county jail and law enforcement center and several city and county capital projects. About $697,000 of the estimated $2.7 million earmarked for Villa Rica would have been set aside for the museum. Without the SPLOST funds, there won’t be enough money to complete the museum anytime soon. The other $2 million would have been split between Villa Rica road and sewer projects.
Comments
MY GOD! NO MUSEUM!!! THE HORROR!!!!
Posted by: Pine Tree Jim | September 19, 2007 08:35 AM
may prevent $2 million in road and sewer projects in Villa Rica
This is a legitimate SPLOST project. But it does seem that the City of Villa Rica should belly-up on this rather than asking the entire county to foot the bill.
It's kinda like giving away 25% of our revenues to the cities - but we do not know how it would be spent.
Posted by: Larry Stanley | September 19, 2007 08:42 AM
That's great....good job voters of Douglas County.
Posted by: Rick | September 19, 2007 09:26 AM