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Gas tax plan for transportation upsets local officials
Government leaders decry loss of money for general fund
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Area government officials are up in arms over the state’s proposed transportation bill, which calls for shifting all sales taxes at gas pumps to state coffers, ending the share that local governments, including schools, would get. Gainesville Mayor Danny Dunagan said Thursday that Hall County governments, as a whole, could lose $10.5 million to $11 million annually if the bill, as now proposed, passes. The impact on the city would be $1.2 million to $1.5 million per year, he said.