Normally, on this blog, I don’t get into politics much.  When something is directly related to real estate I might venture an opinion, but aside from that I stay pretty silent.

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Last year I wrote about Senate Bill 55 in the Georgia Senate.  Basically, the bill required the Counties to include foreclosures in assessments.  Previously, assessments for taxes excluded foreclosures, so they (falsly?) increased values and tax revenue to the counties.

While that makes it tough for the counties, it is a needed break for home owners.  The counties complained that they would lose revenues… well, the people are losing revenue, too.  They have to suck it up.

In the last year, the bill quietly passed and was signed into law by Governor Sonny Perdue.

Here is the link to the original post.

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I have a reputation for swimming against the tide.  I kind of like it.  Just when someone thinks I am on their side politically, they find out that I’m not always on that side…

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The Gwinnett County Commission is looking at an offer to privatize Briscoe Field.  Currently, the county owns and runs the airpost, near Lawrenceville, off GA316.  It has an operating budget of about $1,000,000/year.  All of the money generated in fees and leases have to be plowed back into the budget for the airfield.

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The first thing that came to my mind was Steve Martin in The Jerk.

The new phone books are here!

The new phone books are here!

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