On Tuesday, the Gwinnett County Commission formally expressed its intent to increase the “Maintenance & Operations” (M&O) property tax rate by almost one-quarter of a mill. The Commission described it not as a tax increase but as a revenue “realignment,” which makes it a deception, a violation of a promise and a breaking of trust [...]
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County Commission Shell Game: Breaking Trust With the Gwinnett Taxpayer
Posted by BobG on March 2nd, 2011
Become an Educated Competitor in the Battle for Scheduled Service at Briscoe Field
Posted by BobG on February 23rd, 2011
I don’t care whether you’re for scheduled service at Briscoe Field (LZU) or against it but, at the very least, the critics should put some time into educating themselves before they open their mouths. Opponents of scheduled service, for example, argue that properties values will decline when regional flights begin flying out of Briscoe. To [...]
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Tags: briscoe field, briscoe privatization, jets at briscoe field, jim regan, lzu, russ lappana 
No Comments »The Oxendine Legacy of Slime
Posted by BobG on February 21st, 2011
What is it in a man that can allow him to position himself for 16 years as the defender of all that is right and good, the sole protector of the consumer from unscrupulous insurance agents, then wipe out it all out in a flash by abusing the very system he swore to protect? That’s [...]
An Opportunity Missed for the Evermore CID
Posted by BobG on January 26th, 2011
Strong personalities, a large dose of political ambition and a measure of back-stabbing has kept the Evermore Community Improvement District mired in controversy and ineffectiveness for over two years. Dwight Harrison, owner of Harrison Volkswagen and the board member who has initiated two recall efforts against other members who opposed him has, by my observation, been the cause [...]
