DeKalb Commission may vote down sales tax for road repairs
Repaving hundreds of miles of deteriorating roads in DeKalb County may have to wait at least another year.
The DeKalb Commission so far lacks enough votes to pass a proposed sales tax that would have raised about $551 million over the next five years to pay for road repairs and other infrastructure.
The commission plans to vote on the issue Tuesday, but several commissioners are concerned that it could trigger an unexpected increase in property taxes.
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Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.
