Oconee has record receipts in Sales Taxes (LOST for County Operations; SPLOST for County Capital Projects; and ELOST for School Capital Projects). The County Tax Digest has grown dramatically.
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November 16, 2007
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Increasing Revenues and Growing Tax Digest Do Not translate to Lower Taxes
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By Wendell Dawson, Editor, AVOC, Inc
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Oconee has record receipts in Sales Taxes (LOST for County Operations; SPLOST for County Capital Projects; and ELOST for School Capital Projects). The County Tax Digest has grown dramatically. However, spending has used all of that money and resulted in a historic record of indebtedness ($ 10-12 Million for Park; $ 10-12 Million for bigger jail; $ 66 Million for Hard Labor Creek Water Project; Estimated $ 20 Million Plus in Water-Sewer Debt; Millions for School buildings needed every other year etc).
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This article was seen by AVOC readers who received the November 14, 2007, edition of Oconee Living in the Athens Banner-Herald.
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It was a continuing attempt by AVOC to reach many Oconee County Citizens who do not have access to the Internet.
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