Have you ever wondered if more people could afford to live in Chatham County if the people we elected didn’t keep raising taxes and making it more expensive to live in this county? We had a huge 7% property tax increase in 2019. The news about the huge tax increaseContinue Reading
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2020 14:58:45 -0500 From: Raymond Gastwaite Subject: Disingenuous Dis.in.gen.u.os: giving a false appearance of simple frankness. Calculating. See also Virginia Penley Virginia: the discussion is about the Chatham County Board of Commissioners asking for more of Chatham County resident’s money. It is not about previous taxes,Continue Reading
I’m voting NO to the on the proposed Chatham County Sales Tax Increase on Tuesday. It’s a personal thing to me. In 2002, I was laid off from a company in financial trouble. Going from a regular paycheck to an unemployment check was quite a change. I remember going intoContinue Reading
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2020 19:05:56 -0500 From: virginia penley Subject: RE: Sales Tax Referendum I have enjoyed the entertainment of a Bill Crawford post. He seems fixated on stopping any efforts to provide alternative revenue sources to our County in order to provide funds for programs that a majorityContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2020 13:45:58 -0500From: Mark Stinson Subject: No increase tax signs I have one of those no new sales tax signs and I have given out several more . Yes the GOP provided them as I feel they see no point in raising taxes any more eitherContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 09:47:57 -0500From: inbox Subject: Tarus Balog and taxes In his post on Tuesday, Tarus said: “I don’t know of anyone who likes to pay taxes but in order to have a government you have to pay for it somehow, and no matter what method you useContinue Reading
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2020 09:34:57 -0500From: Tarus BALOG Subject: The GOP and Regressive Taxes As expected I figured I’d hit a nerve bringing up the discussion of the sales tax increase. I’d like to bring up two more points for consideration. The first concerns my comment that the signsContinue Reading
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2020 18:13:50 -0500From: tonyblakeSubject: RE: Proposed Sales Tax Increase The argument against sales taxes is that they are more regressive than other types of taxation. There are three main reasons cited: 1. Compared to income taxes, which mostly have a minimum income level at which youContinue Reading
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2020 17:20:39 -0500From: Linda Bienvenue Subject: Chatham County’s tax increase I would like to respond to the following statements by Tarus Balog below. My responses are after his statements. Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2020 11:58:06 -0500From: Tarus Balog Subject: Proposed Sales Tax Increase Gang: Taxed enoughContinue Reading
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2020 12:52:15 -0500From: Phillip Spangler Subject: Proposed Sales Tax increase (Tarus Balog) I see this as non-partisan. (so tired of he said she said & time for everyone to own up) Adding ,25% sales tax to what? So Chatham County current consumer goods are gas stations,Continue Reading
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2020 12:44:08 -0500From: Mark Stinson Subject: Taxes for waste or water In a perfect world I wouldn’t object to a quarter on a $100 purchase if our tax dollars were spent for things we really needed and what the tax payers paid for . When county waterContinue Reading
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2020 10:47:22 -0500 From: Tarus BALOG Subject: Re: Chatham County sales tax increase > On Feb 8, 2020, at 8:23 AM,Bill Crawford wrote: > > Subject: Chatham County sales tax increase > > There are a number of points I’ve had thrown my way regarding thisContinue Reading
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2020 09:19:37 -0500 From: Joe Gerstner Subject: Tarus Balog – “It won’t be noticed” “It won’t be noticed” Tarus Balog says a minimum wage worker won’t notice paying an additional $38 in taxes. Since he created this hypothetical, let me add to it by saying theContinue Reading
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2020 19:25:46 -0500 From: Terri Tyson Subject: Vote NO on the sales tax increase on the Primary Referendum! Dear Chatham Chatlist, Plug the drain of sales tax revenue erroneously flowing to other counties bordering Chatham County! We need to ensure Chatham County is receiving its properContinue Reading
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2020 12:06:06 -0600 (GMT-06:00) From: Bill Crawford Subject: Chatham County sales tax increase There are a number of points I’ve had thrown my way regarding this issue, which is a good thing. But they have to be answered. “Chatham is a wealthy county”, which I guessContinue Reading
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