Vote "NO - SPLOST" on July 20, 2010

Not This Time A-SPLOST

Welcome to the home page of the Bibb County, Georgia Anti-SPLOST movement. On this page you will find all of the current news and information regarding the proposed July 20 vote. Please share this page with your family and friends. The vote is less than 1 month away. We need to organize as many people as possible to get out the vote. Commissioners have the assets of Bibb County to market the tax. We have to nimble and quick!

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Opinion of the Macon Telegraph Editorial Board

The SPLOST proposal is flawed and should be defeated

The voting has already begun, and will end July 20.... this Editorial Board advised months ago to delay the vote on a $180 million special purpose local option sales tax to fund a new courthouse and other projects until November. That advice was not heeded, and here we are, staring down the barrel of a SPLOST defeat not just because of timing but for lack of cooperation.... This situation is more evidence for the need to consolidate. We will continue to have SDA and double taxation issues as long as we have two governments. Approving this SPLOST only extends the unsustainable status quo. (read more)

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Phil Dodson - Macon Telegraph - says
Decision time is here
The Bibb County Commission, the driving force pushing the proposed SPLOST, has made a desperate gamble it hopes will sway voters to check the “yes” block. This is a gamble because residents may interpret this as a sleight-of-hand move designed to lull voters into approving a tax to build a courthouse complex the commission has deemed necessary. In Macon, the city government, which would receive none of the proceeds of the SPLOST for three years, continues to insist that the proposed tax would not be in Macon’s best interest. I’ll be surprised if this SPLOST wins approval, and frankly, I don’t think it should. (more)

Friday, Jul. 02, 2010

Latest SPLOST workaround is Full of Haints and Boogers

The Bibb County Commission with the acquiescence of the Macon-Bibb County Urban Development Authority came up with a novel idea to counter factual claims that other projects recreation, stormwater abatement, debt relief or a law enforcement communication system could not be funded until the new courthouse, juvenile justice center and adjacent parking deck are paid for with special purpose local option sales tax funds, a period of three years or more. The plan would have Macon and Payne City borrow money through an intergovernmental agreement from the Urban Authority to jump start the projects of the municipalities’ choice. Such a deal.

Macon Mayor Robert Reichert opposes the idea and well he should. (read more

"I have a great deal of affection for NewTown Macon and its board. But there is more that must be said and they aren’t going to like it. The people at NewTown Macon are good, decent people. But in their zeal to sell their precious SPLOST to the black community, they have screwed up."

Read more: by Erick "Red State" Erickson

	How You Can HELP:
	Here are a few things you can do. · Write a Letter to the Telegraph Editor opposing this SPLOST · Join us on Facebook and let all your friends know why you oppose this SPLOST · Share this page with everyone in your address book from Macon and Bibb County · We are looking for speaking opportunities like Sunday School, Kiwanis, Rotary, etc. We can provide a speaker for your group. Email the details of your meeting to us and we will be in touch. · Help us expand our email database – send your email address for continuous updates and news about the SPLOST to Frank Pinkston.

Vote "NO" on the Bibb County SPLOST - July 20th, 2010.

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Final Vote is NO

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