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DEL.ICIO.USJohn Sherman has issues with property tax freeze, and the House GOP pulls back
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The House on Friday passed H.B. 143, which means we’ll soon have campaign literature with a duality that would puzzle Nietzsche.
“I voted to cut taxes.”*
*(I voted for H.B. 143.)
“I voted to raise taxes.”*
*(I voted for H.B. 143.)
However, House Republican leaders pulled H.R. 1, their centerpiece legislation aimed at capping property taxes. They didn’t have the 120 votes for the mandatory two-thirds approval.
One reason for falling short: Republicans lost John Sherman, president of the Fulton County Taxpayers Foundation.
Here’s the note from him that was placed on the desk of lawmakers. In short, Sherman said, homeowners would “bear the brunt of higher millage.”
If you’re Republican and you’ve lost Sherman on a property tax issue, you’ve lost your base.
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