Hall County Commission: not a time for 'business as usual'

GAINESVILLE - Hall County Commissioners Thursday night got a reminder from a taxpayer that these are hard times.
Susan Collins said the Commission needs to take unemployed property holders into account when it comes to re-appraisals and the county's 13.5 percent tax on rental income.

"All I'm asking is that the county take a serious look at not doing business as usual," Collins said.

Collins said right now rental income was her only revenue source; she also asked if special purpose local option sales tax revenues could be used to lower property taxes.


IT'S CALLED HOUSE BILL 489


Hall County Commissioner Bobby Banks said he stands ready to get water from neighboring Jackson County to help Belmont homeowners with dry wells but there's just one problem. Itâ