Columbus Georgia going broke? (sales, layoffs, construction)

[Sam552311]

Columbus sales tax revenue falls 30.8 percent

City cuts spending to cope with continued tax collection drop

By Ben Wright

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[ATLCOL1]

You have got to be kidding? Everyone's sales tax collections are down. Nothing new.

[nortonguy]

Originally Posted by ATLCOL1

You have got to be kidding? Everyone's sales tax collections are down. Nothing new.

You're correct. Almost every city is down in sales tax collections.

Except Augusta. Our sales tax is up 6.02% or 9 million. From the same time period last year. Its the highest sales tax collection in Augusta's history. Since consolidation(1996) in one month.

[Sam552311]

Originally Posted by nortonguy

You're correct. Almost every city is down in sales tax collections.

Except Augusta. Our sales tax is up 6.02% or 9 million. From the same time period last year. Its the highest sales tax collection in Augusta's history. Since consolidation(1996) in one month.

I was going to say!!
Augusta has been on a roll for a while now and they don't even have BRAC to lean on.
There are countless similar sized cities that are WAY up over last year and they have the same issues as the rest.

[Sam552311]

Originally Posted by Sam552311

I was going to say!!
Augusta has been on a roll for a while now and they don't even have BRAC to lean on.
There are countless similar sized cities that are WAY up over last year and they have the same issues as the rest.

This is the kind of waste the Columbus/Phenix City area had dealt with for years!!

Obviously they have not heard that we are in the midst of cost cutting and a severe recession/umemployment.




Phenix City Council approves $12,020 pay raise

By Kirsten J. Barnes


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[Sam552311]

Where is the expansion at the base for bus service with BRAC etc?
Another major goof not to mention this is the road to Infantry Museum that is already losing money!!


Bus service cut in half to Fort Benning

Gate hours reduction causes Metra to cut its 19 trips on post to 9 starting Monday

By Ben Wright


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[Hudgins]

Obviously not. On top of that, we -- the citizens -- voted yes to a special option tax with which the city has approved construction of a new schoolboard admin building, while our children face larger classroom sizes, no parapros, teacher layoffs, and outdated textbooks. And they have the nerve to fuss about poor test scores!



[quote=Sam552311;9057725]This is the kind of waste the Columbus/Phenix City area had dealt with for years!!

Obviously they have not heard that we are in the midst of cost cutting and a severe recession/umemployment.

[Columbusattorney]

[quote=Hudgins;9239954]Obviously not. On top of that, we -- the citizens -- voted yes to a special option tax with which the city has approved construction of a new schoolboard admin building, while our children face larger classroom sizes, no parapros, teacher layoffs, and outdated textbooks. And they have the nerve to fuss about poor test scores!

Originally Posted by Sam552311

This is the kind of waste the Columbus/Phenix City area had dealt with for years!!

Obviously they have not heard that we are in the midst of cost cutting and a severe recession/umemployment.

Good post.....
I guess the only people living in the city that still think it is progressive must be either blind or kindergarten graduates....rofl

No surprise really.

[SandrainGeorgia]

Sam,
Here is another reason the city is always broke.
I guess they will do a study in August to see how many times it rains every summer.....rofl
Kudos to Ben with the L/E who has been staying on track with those annoying HIDDEN agendas.
Keep up the good work young man!



Columbus spending $2.6 million to study flooding


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[Columbusattorney]

Originally Posted by SandrainGeorgia

Sam,
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Never any answers....good post