Your turn on Atlanta’s property-tax increase
What do you think?
The Atlanta City Council raised property taxes today to close a $56 million budget gap and end furloughs of city employees, AJC staffer Eric Sturgis reports.
For the average city homeowner, the increase amounts to $250 on a $240,000 home, officials said.
Is this the right move or should city officials have cut spending?
The City Council’s 8-7 vote in favor of the property-tax increase broke down like this:
Yes: Carla Smith, Ivory Lee Young, Natalyn Mosby Archibong, Anne Fauver, Felicia Moore, C.T. Martin, Joyce Sheperd, Ceasar Mitchell.
No: Kwanza Hall, Cleta Winslow, Howard Shook, Clair Muller, Jim Maddox, Mary Norwood, H. Lamar Willis.
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106 comments Add your comment
Glenn Thomas for Mayor
June 30th, 2009
4:09 pm
Informed Citizen, please call me directly to speak about my recommendations and solutions. Thank you. 877-612-3267.
Allyana
July 13th, 2009
1:21 pm
This is great, Shirley! Right when we can afford it least, you sock it to us. Right when we can’t sell our home because the market has hit rock bottom, you make it unaffordable to stay here. Now my taxes are higher than my mortgage payments.
AllBoutDaBenjamins
July 15th, 2009
10:50 pm
Allyana said it best. Of course City Council’s “Group of 8″ should be thrown out since they’re in Queen Shirley.’s court! There will be a rush of folks moving out of ATL now with the higher taxes in the city and high appraisals in Fulton. What about folks who will be forced out cause they can’t afford the high water and sewage bills along with all those new taxes? Shirley and co will cause Atlanta to have another wave of foreclosures as folks can’t afford to live here and simply bail out. Oh, but keep having your constituent parties on taxpayer dollars…and fresh flowers and trips overseas and the rest of it. Here’s my hot tip: DON’T VOTE FOR A SINGLE INCUMBENT IN NOVEMBER. We need fresh meat in city govt. Take a tip from Atlanta itself, after all… “Every Day Is Opening Day”. Let’s start over! Can it get any worse than to boot all the incumbents? Vote for anyone but the “Group of 8″ tax and spend freeloaders ensconced in City Hall!
wilhelm sup
July 23rd, 2009
3:34 pm
Killing the goose that laid the golden eggs, the politicians and their welfare voters hold more sway than the individuals and corporations that are paying the bills. Atlanta will be more blighted than Detroit soon, because the dumb masses have driven the taxpayer to Texas, Tennessee and Florida. I want to live in a culture where pulling your weight is respected, and not a precursor to having more and more of your labor confiscated.
Kim
August 2nd, 2009
11:23 am
Taxes going up; services going down. The Water Company can’t get an invoice correct if their life dependened on it; crime is so bad, I’m afraid to go out when I want to; property values are down and taxes are going up… Shirley won’t be gone soon enough as far as I’m concerned
Kia
October 5th, 2009
7:25 pm
OMG. Just got my 2009 Atlanta Georgia property tax bill for Fulton county. No state credit. The bill is up 35% [thirty five percent] thats crazy.