Latest news and alerts from the Douglas County Taxpayers Coalition in Georgia. http://douglastaxes.com 2010-03-13T04:05:06+01:00 text/html 2010-02-15T09:21:57+01:00 http://douglastaxes.com http://douglastaxes.com/content/view/199/184/ Property Returns – Has Your Value Changed? In Douglas County, the deadline to file your PT-50R (https://etax.dor.ga.gov/PTD/adm/forms/pt50r/LGS_TAXPAYERS_RETURN_OF_REAL_PROPERTY_PT50R.pdf) real property return is April 1st. This is also the deadline to file for homestead exemptions. Returns must be filed if: You purchased or acquired property during the previous year; You made any changes during the previous year that... text/html 2009-12-16T08:15:19+01:00 http://douglastaxes.com http://douglastaxes.com/content/view/197/184/ Yesterday, Dec. 15, the Douglas County Board of Commissioners approved the 2010 budget of $88 million. Property taxes are expected to increase to cover revenue shortfalls. The Douglas County Sentinel reported the event here>>> (http://douglascountysentinel.com/printer_friendly/5157091) text/html 2009-11-25T08:15:25+01:00 http://douglastaxes.com http://douglastaxes.com/content/view/196/184/ FOX5 I-Team reporter Randy Travis investigates excessive fees paid to their lawyer for general obligation bonds. View the report here: >>>> text/html 2009-11-22T09:16:53+01:00 http://douglastaxes.com http://douglastaxes.com/content/view/195/200/ In My Opinion: by James Bell They call it a “Retreat”. That’s where public officials run off to some distant location far removed from the citizens and media. Or more appropriately, Webster defines ‘retreat’ as “an act or process of withdrawing especially from what is difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable”. Last week the Douglas County Board of Commissioners,... text/html 2009-11-22T09:12:39+01:00 http://douglastaxes.com http://douglastaxes.com/content/view/194/184/ A Political Action Committee called Keep Douglas Safe was organized to push the passage of the recent $150 million Douglas County Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) and $120 million Bond referendum on November 3rd. Campaign disclosure records from the State Ethics Commission show that GreyStone Power Company President and C.E.O Gary A. Miller... text/html 2009-11-03T16:14:20+01:00 http://douglastaxes.com http://douglastaxes.com/content/view/193/184/ Visit: dctc.wordpress.com for Douglas County Ga. Election Results >>>>>>> text/html 2009-10-29T08:56:17+01:00 http://douglastaxes.com http://douglastaxes.com/content/view/192/184/ Tax Group Calls for Investigation   Lithia Springs GA: Douglas County Taxpayers Coalition has leaned through an open records request that Sheriff Phil Miller has never made a written request to transfer state inmates from the county jail in 2009.   An open records request was made to the legal department of the Georgia Department of Corrections (DOC)... text/html 2009-10-29T05:43:38+01:00 http://douglastaxes.com http://douglastaxes.com/content/view/191/200/ It’s like deja vu all over again! On November 3, 2009, voters will once again vote on a Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) for $150 million and a $120 million general obligation bond to build a new jail/prison.   First of all, Sheriff Miller recently wrote about housing inmates in other counties. He... text/html 2009-10-20T07:23:17+01:00 http://douglastaxes.com http://douglastaxes.com/content/view/190/184/ Did Douglas County Sheriff’s Department Create Jail Mold Emergency? Why did a leaky pipe cost taxpayers more than $305,000? From Staff Reports: Douglas County Taxpayers Coalition  www.douglastaxes.com (http://www.douglastaxes.com/)   Douglasville GA: On August 25, 2008, Chief Deputy Stan Copeland of the Douglas County Georgia Sheriff’s Department went before the board of commissioners seeking more than $300,000 for a temporary housing unit... text/html 2009-10-15T07:10:46+01:00 http://douglastaxes.com http://douglastaxes.com/content/view/189/184/ DCTC also has a WordPress Blog. Visit www.dctc.wordpress.com and post your comment on the lastest news COncerning Douglas County.  www.dctc.wordpress.com (http://www.dctc.wordpress.com )