All four candidates in the special election to fill the unexpired term of Commission Chairman Charles Bannister agreed at a forum last night that the expiring bond debt millage should lapse, and not be retained and included to the general fund millage for 2011. The Commissioners who voted for the millage “re-alignment”—Shirley Lasseter, Lynette Howard, [...]
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Four of Four Candidates Agree: County Dealt Dishonestly With Gwinnett Taxpayers
Posted by BobG on March 4th, 2011
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Gwinnett Commission Uses 2009 Tax Hike to Balance 2010 Budget
Posted by BobG on August 18th, 2010
In December 2009, the GDP reported on the county’s plan to use the 2009 tax increase for unfunded liabilities rather than to pay for the fire stations, police officers and youth athletics as had been promised. Gwinnett Finance Director Aaron Bovos had told the Engage Gwinnett committee of the plan just days after the Commission [...]
Kudos to Reed for Addressing Pension Benefits
Posted by BobG on April 23rd, 2010
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed is to be commended for taking one of the bold steps needed to keep the city from falling into the abyss, financially speaking. Accrued but unfunded liabilities, primarily pension benefits, are the figurative cement shoes on the feet of cities, counties and states across the nation. Basically, accrued and unfunded liabilities [...]
Tax Increase `Bait and Switch`
Posted by BobG on December 4th, 2009
Gwinnett Daily Post reporter Camie Young touches briefly on an alarming revelation: the County Commission may not spend revenue from the recently-passed tax increase on police officers, fire stations and libraries after all. Instead, the county may apply the funds to the county’s growing accrued liabilities: The $59 million Gwinnett County will collect next spring [...]
