Friday, August 20, 2010

Chatham County Leaders Speak Out Against Sales-Tax Provision

By Eric Curl
Savannah Morning News
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August 20, 2010

Chatham County Commissioner Pete Liakakis recently walked around asking residents whether they would approve a 1 percent regional transportation sales tax. Only one out of 47 said yes.

That served to multiply Liakakis' concerns about a provision in a state House bill authorizing a transportation sales-tax referendum in 2012. The provision could increase the local-match requirements for transportation grants from the Georgia Department of Transportation.

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