DeKalb tax increase is inevitable

The tax man cometh, and he wants to raise your taxes. I think by now most DeKalb homeowners know they are about to see their taxes go up. We knew this was coming, and the commission knew it was coming, but I guess they wanted to play the roles of friend to the homeowner when it comes election time. CEO Elllis knew it had to be dome, but he just didn’t ask for enough of a millage increase. So here we are about to get pinged with higher property taxes. The possibility of an additional penny for transportation ( got something about that coming too) a job and housing market that is anemic at best, and county services that are just as anemic. It is really becoming hard to justify remaining in DeKalb. The grass may not be greener on the other side, but at least it ain’t brown like we have in DeKalb.

Try to attend one of the scheduled public hearings on the millage increase whether you are for or against. Also check out the millage rate increases for the cities and the unincorporated areas.

Tuesday, July 5 (10:00 am and 6:00 pm)

& Tuesday, July 12 (10:00 am)

Location

Maloof Auditorium

	2011	Rollback Rate	% Increase
Atlanta	10.39	8.938	16.25 %
Avondale Estates	15.41	13.464	14.45 %
Chamblee	13.71	12.223	12.17 %
Clarkston	15.06	13.242	13.73 %
Decatur	10.82	10.087	7.27 %
Doraville	13.60	12.607	7.88 %
Dunwoody	13.35	11.357	17.55 %
Lithonia	15.33	13.280	15.44 %
Pine Lake	15.61	13.541	15.28 %
Stone Mountain	13.90	12.980	7.09 %
Unincorporated	19.62	18.017	8.90 %
Countywide Debt	1.08	0.647	66.92 %
Unincorporated Debt	0.66	1.631	-59.53 %