Perdue curbs desire to make us all pay more
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009This afternoon, Gov. Perdue announced he had some good news and some bad news.
First the bad news: The latest state revenue figures have come in and they indicate Georgia will be bringing in nearly half a billion dollars less than previously thought.
Next, the good news: Although it breaks his heart to do it, Sonny will refrain from vetoing the Legislature’s efforts to honor the Homeowner Tax Relief Grant one last time. This means Georgia homeowners will not be forced to shell out another $200 to $300 to cover a $428 million gap in last year’s property tax collections. Perdue sincerely wanted to put the screws to taxpayers, but the Obama stimulus bill has robbed the old Scrooge of any decent excuse he may have thought he had to stiff us.
