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Commissioners unanimously approve tax hike after 3 nights of opposition
1.5-mill increase adopted without change or debate
As seen in this snapshot of a video screen with the view from a camera above the Bulloch County commissioners’ dais, citizens filled the room to overflowing from Monday evening’s final tax increase hearing. Here, Dannie Cartee is addressing the board.
As seen in this snapshot of a video screen with the view from a camera above the Bulloch County commissioners’ dais, citizens filled the room to overflowing from Monday evening’s final tax increase hearing. Here, Dannie Cartee is addressing the board. - photo by AL HACKLE/Staff
After dozens of county residents at three public hearings voiced opposition to a 1.5-mill rate hike that compounds with real estate inflation to a more than 28% average increase in property tax, the Bulloch County commissioners met at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday and voted 6-0 to approve it.
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