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Opinion: SPLOST is a shell game for government budget
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A Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax sign is posted March 10, 2018, at the Splash Pad at Laurel Park. The area was renovated in 2017. - photo by David Barnes
In the past two weeks, there have been several letters to The Times extolling the virtues of SPLOST and describing the projects as "vital", "critical," and "essential." If these projects are indeed vital, critical and essential, why aren't they in the baseline budget? There is nothing "special" about any of the projects. They are routine infrastructure needs faced by virtually every municipality.