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Pay Lower Property Taxes
Tuesday, 23 Feb, 2010 – 19:30 | 5 Comments
Pay Lower Property Taxes

It is not too late, but if you want to have a chance to pay a lower property tax in 2010 than you did in 2009 you must act by March 1.
I feel like I …

My Two Cents
Monday, 30 Nov, 2009 – 11:51 | 3 Comments
My Two Cents

Dear Commissioners:
We heard it at the public hearings – times are tough.  We heard that our neighbors want to keep, possibly even expand, the police, fire and court funding.  We also heard that many individuals and …

The Tax Increase: Sufficient For the Day Is the Evil Thereof
Friday, 20 Nov, 2009 – 10:35 | 3 Comments
The Tax Increase: Sufficient For the Day Is the Evil Thereof

Earlier this year, the public (correctly, in my opinion) revolted over a proposed 30% tax increase. The 2009 budget approved on March 3 (large file) contained expenditures that were unjustified in the current financial climate– …

Gwinnett`s Financial Woes Many Years in the Making
Wednesday, 14 Oct, 2009 – 3:33 | 5 Comments
Gwinnett`s Financial Woes Many Years in the Making

Gwinnett County is in a tight spot. A “perfect storm” of national economic woes, a maturing local economy and a lack of meaningful leadership has begun to write a sad chapter in our county’s otherwise …

Bragging Rights or Just Overtaxation in Suwanee?
Friday, 25 Sep, 2009 – 17:33 | One Comment
Bragging Rights or Just Overtaxation in Suwanee?

It isn’t that I want to rain unjustly on Suwanee’s Town Center Park or any of its other accomplishments, especially when more rain is the last thing that we need. But whenever I hear the …

My Property Tax went Up?
Thursday, 10 Sep, 2009 – 11:02 | One Comment
My Property Tax went Up?

I am hearing from people who are surprised that their property tax bill is higher this year.  After all, they say, didn’t we keep Gwinnett County from raising our taxes?