Are you afraid of needles, the ubiquitous doctor visit? In most cases, the doctor is more afraid of you. A 2010 Jackson Healthcare Physician Survey revealed the truth where one doctor noted, “I have to view every patient as a potential plaintiff.” The fear of being sued is forcing doctors to practice extremes in defensive [...]
County governments, municipal governments, and boards of education love SPLOSTs -Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax. Taxpayers vote on whether or not to impose the extra sales tax and it must be proposed for a specific list of projects, which can include particular educational facilities, infrastructure improvements, public service improvements, etc. The biggest catch in [...]
There may be things happening on your property that you aren’t aware of and, yes, they are disturbing. Currently, if you own property in one of a number of Georgia counties, you may be paying for things on your property tax bill that aren’t related to property taxes. House Bill 159 aims to clear up [...]
Wow, have I got a deal for you! I’m the federal government and I’ll give you $400 million dollars to set up an education program that will cost you $585 million dollars to implement over 7 years. I’ll do this in exchange for virtually all of the control over your State’s education standards, curriculum and [...]
In American politics and government we’ve come to expect a certain amount of hypocrisy, but the Georgia Municipal Association is truly charting new territory with their recent legislative action alert. On the one hand they are strenuously advocating for a streamlined permitting process for much needed municipal infrastructure projects, while on the other hand they [...]
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