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
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A Decade Late: Make-up of BoC Reviewed by Legislators
Posted by BobG on December 9th, 2010
It took a vacuum of leadership, a measure of incompetence and a smidgen of alleged bribery to motivate the Gwinnett delegation to the State Legislature to seriously consider the configuration of the Board of Commissioners. The Commission should have been expanded ten years ago, after the 2000 census, when the county’s population was pegged at [...]
Six Qualify for Gwinnett Commission Chairman`s Race
Posted by BobG on December 8th, 2010
Qualifying has closed for the special election for Gwinnett Commission Chairman, with six candidates tossing their hats into the ring. The candidates are Charlotte Nash, Larry Gause, Robert Clark, Gerald Duane Kissel, Timothy Swiney and Will Costa (in order of qualifying). Over the coming weeks, I plan to question all of the candidates on various [...]
Nash In; LeVell, Warbington Out of Chairman`s Race
Posted by BobG on December 3rd, 2010
Former county administrator Charlotte Nash has announced that she will seek the Gwinnett Commission Chairman’s seat in the March 15 special election. Nash joins Timothy Swiney, a real estate broker and former State House candidate, as the candidates announced to date. After initially saying that he was “98 percent sure” that he would run, Gwinnett [...]
