Our Two-Cents Worth

Our Two-Cents Worth

The penny we and our county's visitors pay toward upgrading educational facilities is a great bargain. I have watched that penny build critically needed classrooms onto my beloved fourth-grade wing at Armuchee Elementary School. I taught in one of those added classrooms for a dozen years. I try to remember every time I pay that penny on each dollar: what a bargain I'm getting.

Local Option Sales Taxes are a vital way for local communities to fund the public facilities the community itself chooses as important. In November we have the opportunity to continue the sales tax at the current level. The sales tax is paid not only by you and me the proud citizens of Floyd, but also by every customer of Floyd County businesses who comes here from Chattooga or Walker or Gordon or Bartow or Polk or Cherokee (AL) to enjoy paddling our rivers, eating at our restaurants, or visiting our symphony or theater or rock or sports or festival events. So I am pleased to support BOTH the Education AND the regular SPLOST for renewal. Those two cents are a pretty doggone painless way to fund some very important projects.

Rome and Floyd County are found regularly on lists of great places to live. Attractive and effective school facilities, parks, kayak and boat launches, good water and sewage treatment facilities, well-equipped police and fire departments, and even riverwalks, golf courses, tennis centers, all contribute to that. They bring jobs and economic development to our community every year. 

As a teacher in the Armuchee community for many years I have seen the need to upgrade our high school facility. It is past time. The penny we and visitors pay in sales tax for education purposes is a great bargain. The penny we and visitors pay for other public projects is also a great bargain.

Keep sales taxes right where they are for continued progress, jobs, and responsible economic growth in Rome and Floyd County. Vote yes, twice!

That's our two-cents worth.

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