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Thursday, April 5, 2012
Cobb OK with Drop in Tax Digest
But the news isn't as good for East Cobb schools because the reduction is double what the school system used in its budget forecasts.
Cobb County’s property tax digest is going to decline for the fourth consecutive year, Chief Tax Appraiser Phi Hogsed Sr. says, but don’t expect a second consecutive increase in county property taxes. After Hogsed estimated the digest will decline 3.9 percent this year, Board of Commissioners Chairman Tim Lee told The Marietta Daily Journal: “There absolutely will not be a tax increase this summer.” He also said there will be no layoffs or furloughs. Finance Director Jim Pehrson said Cobb can absorb the likely $8.3 million decline in revenue because the county budgeted for a 2.5 percent drop, built in a surplus and an emergency reserve, and can find ways to cover the remaining $2.2 million or so, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. …
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Sunday, July 31, 2011
East Cobb POV: Tim Langley
Quality of Life? East Cobb Shows the Way
Why do Whole Foods and others want to come here? It's not just about the money.
The Cobb County Board of Commissioners raised our property taxes this week in order to maintain the "quality of life" to which we've become accustomed. While there's not much reason to linger on the matter until next year's elections, I do want to point out some things that our commission chairman and cohorts apparently overlooked when deciding what "quality of life" is and can be. Just this week, East Cobbers celebrated the opening of the Whole Foods Market at Merchant's Walk. While a new grocery store in a community is hardly news, it IS notable in that the Whole Foods Market is just another in a chain of high end specialty grocery stores (including Trader Joe's and Fresh Market) to have located in East Cobb in recent years while none …
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Friday, July 29, 2011
Ott Continues Push for Spending Cuts
East Cobb/Smyrna commissioner opposed to tax hike looks ahead to FY 2012 budget scenario.
After coming out on the losing side of this week's vote to raise the millage rate on property taxes, Cobb commissioner Bob Ott said Wednesday he'll keep pressing to slice more spending from the county budget. In a meeting of the East Cobb Civic Association, the District 2 Republican, who represents parts of East Cobb and Smyrna, outlined several money-saving options he has gathered that total more than $25 million. He referenced that sum on Tuesday before the commission voted 3-2, with Ott and fellow East Cobb representative JoAnn Birrell opposed, to raise the Cobb millage rate for the first time in more than 20 years. Holding papers with documentation of suggested cuts that came from a variety of sources, Ott said that prior to Tuesday'…
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Wednesday, July 27, 2011
East Cobb Take Five
Whole Foods Opens at Last
Here's what you need to know to start July 27 in East Cobb.
1. The heat will be intense today, the National Weather Service says, leading to a 20 percent chance of scattered but severe thunderstorms this afternoon. It will be sunny with a high of about 94. Overnight, the low will be around 72. 2. The weather shouldn’t dampen the excitement surrounding today’s much-anticipated grand opening of Whole Foods Market at Merchants Walk. The festivities start with a free breakfast at 8 a.m., and the doors officially open at 9. East Cobb Patch will try to have video up around midday. 3. If you went to sleep early Tuesday night, you’re waking up to a higher property tax rate. While the Cobb County Board of Education held the line on the school system’s millage rate Tuesday afternoon, the Cobb Board of …
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Read My Lips
Ott Won't Vote to Raise Property Taxes
Birrell, Lee haven't indicated how they might vote tonight.
For most of the last two decades, the third rail in Cobb County politics has been the millage rate. Touch it with the intention of increasing property taxes even in the slightest and political death very well might result. Few office holders, at least on the Cobb Board of Commissioners, have been curious enough to test that theory. They haven't had to, given Cobb's burgeoning tax coffers that have resulted in gradually reduced millage rates since 1996 (see table below). But with a proposed millage rate increase up for a vote tonight, only East Cobb commissioner Bob Ott has taken a vow to maintain the status quo. That's not surprising, because he's been fairly consistent about that position during the last year as the commission sliced…
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Cobb Commission to Vote on Millage Rate
Proposal to raise property taxes gets final hearing at 7 p.m. Tuesday before decision.
The Cobb Board of Commissioners is holding the last of three public hearings on the proposed millage rate increase at 7 p.m. Tuesday at 100 Cherokee St., downtown Marietta. Cobb commissioners are eying a possible deficit of nearly $33 million for fiscal 2012, which starts Oct. 1. Due to declining property values, the board faced a deficit in 2011 as well. All departments were asked to cut 10 percent across the board, and take furlough days. During the first two hearings on the tax increase—both on July 19—speakers were closely divided on whether to raise the rate from a total of 9.6 mills to 11.21 mills for the fiscal year that ends Sept. 30. That change would add an average of $111.66 to a residents county tax bill for homes worth $190,…
Michael McGlamry
7:17 pm on Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Vote NO...NOO.NO!!!!! Or we will vote no on your reelections! Learn the lesson democrat representatives learned last year!! Signed an angry Cobb resident/large taxpayer more ›
East Cobb Take Five
Showdowns for Baseball, Taxes Today
Here's what you need to know to start July 26 in East Cobb.
1. Expect a standard muggy summer day today, according to the National Weather Service. The high will be about 91, with little wind and a 20 percent chance of rain. The overnight low will be around 71. 2. The East Marietta National Little League all-stars kept rolling at the state tournament in Cartersville on Monday night, beating the host team, 11-3. The 3-0 Giants complete pool play today at 5:30 p.m. against the other undefeated team in Pool A, 2-0 Columbus American. A win clinches the top seed in Thursday’s semifinals for East Marietta; a loss makes the No. 2 seed likely. If you can’t wait for East Cobb Patch’s report and can’t make it to Cartersville’s Clearwater Street Park, you can watch the game live online. 3. The Cobb County …
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011
East Cobb Take Five
Taxes, Safety Training and Family Films
Here's what you need to know to start July 20 in East Cobb.
1. There’s a 30 percent chance of rain today, the National Weather Service says, and it would be welcome just to wash away the smog, which has us under a Code Orange air-quality alert today. The high today will be about 93, and the humidity will push the heat index toward 100. The overnight low will be around 74. 2. When the air quality is low and the temperature is high, why not enjoy a movie in air-conditioned comfort? Consider taking your kids to the Earl Smith Strand Theatre on Marietta Square this morning to see Kung Fu Panda. Admission is free for children under age 12; it’s $5 for anyone older. The fun starts at 9:30; the film rolls at 10. 3. Cobb Tots & Kids’ Brooke Stanchie walks us through a variety of cheap and free family film …
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011
East Cobb POV: Tim Langley
Dear Cobb Commissioners: Don't Raise Taxes
Our columnist, a small-business owner, says the economic impact will be severe.
Sirs and Madams: While I know we certainly have a difficult budget situation at hand, I don't feel the answer is as simple as raising the property tax millage rate. Whatever decision is made will have long-term implications for every Cobb County stakeholder. As a matter of background, I am a native of Cobb County, an Honorary Life Member of the Cobb Chamber of Commerce, a Leadership Cobb Alumni (Class of '86) and former banker and commercial real estate broker. I have been involved in economic development for the county, as well. Economic Development Impact: One of the things that has made Cobb County attractive to businesses considering moving here is the quality of life we enjoy. From THEIR perspective, "quality of life" has more to do …
Pam J
11:39 am on Sunday, August 28, 2011
"The county has just raised taxes primarily on the back of quality communities like East Cobb to pay for areas that have done just the opposite and require public assistance to get residents to and from one government facility to another. It is time for politicians to quit punishing communities like ours and start learning from the example we offer. I believe most folks throughout Cobb County (… more ›