One topic of conversation drowned out all other fiscal concerns when the Hall County Board of Commissioners held its first public hearing this month on the proposed 2015 fiscal year budget. Indeed, debate about raising wages for county employees, how much funding public safety agencies should receive and whether to dip into the reserve fund to balance the budget were silenced by a theme that has begun to consume the budget process and pit county officials against one another. The reassessment of property values on 6,558 lakefront homes by the county tax assessor’s office this year has sparked a movement of sorts among local residents, one they hope turns into a full-fledged statewide campaign against property taxes.
Lakefront tax values stir venom
Residents organizing to oppose tax increases