Why, if the Legislature wants to disconnect property value increases from inflation, did they word an
Amendment in such a way that the Amendment can be ignored by any municipality in the state??? This wording renders the Amendment an exercise in futility as there will be no real effort to ensure its enforcement since enforcing it will mean going against their friends in the municipalities whose intent is to ALWAYS increase revenue rather than reducing expenditures. A proper Amendment would freeze ALL non-commercial property values at the last transaction amount. Then those who wish to live in their Homesteads as long as physically possible wouldn't be forced to sell to pay their now exorbitant tax bills.
Here are a couple of articles from the Georgia Public Policy Foundation. The are in favor of the amendment, but the articles provide more information.
https://www.georgiapolicy.org/news/would-amendment-1-bring-property-tax-relief/
https://www.georgiapolicy.org/news/the-implications-of-amendment-1/
Why, if the Legislature wants to disconnect property value increases from inflation, did they word an
Amendment in such a way that the Amendment can be ignored by any municipality in the state??? This wording renders the Amendment an exercise in futility as there will be no real effort to ensure its enforcement since enforcing it will mean going against their friends in the municipalities whose intent is to ALWAYS increase revenue rather than reducing expenditures. A proper Amendment would freeze ALL non-commercial property values at the last transaction amount. Then those who wish to live in their Homesteads as long as physically possible wouldn't be forced to sell to pay their now exorbitant tax bills.
Thanks. Somebody on Nextdoor is calling all three bad, but if you read deeper they seem to be relying on a Democrat state legislator.
If a Democrat legislator thinks they are bad, they must be good. :-)
I voted yesterday and voted yes on all three of them.