By Rachel Brown
The Dalton Dailey Citizen
September 3, 2010
Two public hearings on Thursday on the proposal to raise Dalton Public Schools’ property tax rate drew about 55 people, with 11 speakers, but no one who voiced approval.
At the noon hearing, six people addressed the five members of the Dalton Board of Education, one at a time, each allowed up to five minutes to talk.
Mayor David Pennington finished to applause after he said the city has priced itself out of the market as an economical place for property owners to live. He urged the board members to reconsider their proposal to raise the tax rate from 7.845 mills to 8.134 mills. They hope to generate another $1 million to cover a portion of the $17 million they’ve lost from state revenue since 2003 and the $2.6 million lost in local property tax revenue since last year.
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