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Tuesday, September 16, 2008, Douglasville voters will make a decision that will
affect their property taxes for the next 20 years.
Voting YES on this $23
million property bond will increase your city property taxes. The total cost of
20 years of principal and interest has not been publicly revealed.
Why did the mayor and the
city council place such an important tax vote in a special election ballot
where few people will know of the issue and turn out to vote, rather than the
in the November general election?
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From: James Bell, Douglas County Taxpayers Coalition
Dear DCTC Supporters,
As you may know, advance
voting is underway for the July 15
Primary Election. One important race this year is for Chairman of the Board
of Commissioners.
Igor Malanchuk
(Igor2008.com ) is challenging the incumbent Tom Worthan (www.TomWorthan.net ) in the Republican Primary.
I am supporting and will be voting for Mr. Malanchuk
and here’s why.
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Have you received your property tax assessments from Douglas
County? Has your assessment
increase? You can appeal!
You have a right to appeal the value to the county tax
assessors either followed by an appeal to the board of equalization or to
arbitration and in either case, to appeal to the Superior Court.
If you wish to file an appeal, you must do so in writing no
later than 45 days after the date of the notice. If you miss the dead line,
your right to appeal will be lost for this year.
To file an appeal contact: Lynn Corkill or Benny Waldrop at
770-920-7228
Property Tax Guide
For The Georgia Taxpayer
Taxpayer Bill of Rights
(SB 177, Act 431,
1999 Session)
Act 431 was signed April 30, 1999 with a January 1, 2000 effective date.
The bill has two main thrusts:
·
prevention of indirect tax increases resulting
from increases to existing property values in county due to inflation,
·
an enhancement of an individual property owner's
rights when objecting to and appealing an increase made by a county board of tax
assessors to the value of the owner's property.
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Douglasville Ga.-April 18, 2008: James Bell, Director of the
Douglas County Taxpayers Coalition (DCTC) (www.DouglasTaxes.com) asked the
Douglasville, Georgia City Council to move the proposed property tax bond vote
from Tuesday September 16 to November’s General Election date.
Bell made his
views known at the Thursday night city council work session in response to
agenda item 8.1 to adopt a resolution on for a referendum on a General
Obligation Bond to pay for the proposed “Public Safety and Municipal
Court Building”.
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Here in Georgia, the voices of taxpayers are being drowned out by
taxpayer-funded lobbyists and special interest groups. The result:
policies that are threatening to destroy the American Dream – higher
taxes, government-run health care, out-of-control government spending,
job-killing regulations, and endless red tape.
But on Saturday,
May 3rd, from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., at the 755 Club located inside Turner
Field in Atlanta , you can do something about it, by joining
Congressmen Tom Price and Phil Gingrey, Secretary of State Karen
Handel, State Senator Chip Rogers, national anti-tax activist Grover
Norquist, and Americans for Prosperity President, Tim Phillips with
hundreds of citizen leaders from across Georgia, at Americans for
Prosperity Foundation’s Defending the American Dream Summit .
REGISTER TODAY and help send a powerful message to the politicians, the special interest, and the media that
we’ve have had enough of out-of-control government spending and taxation which threatens our prosperity.
The cost is only $29, $15 for students, and $60 for families. Registration includes free parking and lunch.
Sincerely,
Jared Thomas
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March 18, 2008
From James Bell, Director DCTC
Hello,
Thank you for your support of the Douglas County Taxpayers
Coalition (DCTC).
Last year was a busy time for us. We focused on the March
2007 $150 million school bond vote which voters approved. It’s difficult, but
not impossible, to push back on school bonds. With the threat of over-growth,
most voters saw an opportunity to attempt to stay ahead of the growth by
building new schools.
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It's just a penny!
2007 Douglas County School Bond Election Results (Unofficial)