Topic: Special-purpose local-option sales tax

It’s Friday!  – June 27 Policy Briefing Luncheon: Register now for “The Road to Freedom,”  a noon Policy Briefing Luncheon at Cobb County’s Georgian Club with Arthur Brooks,president of the American […]

On July 31, 2012, voters in 12 regions in Georgia, including a 10-county metro Atlanta region, will decide whether to enact a 1 percent Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax […]

By Baruch Feigenbaum   On July 31, 2012, voters in 12 regions in Georgia, including a 10-county Atlanta region, will decide in a referendum whether to enact a 1 percent […]

By Baruch Feigenbaum   On July 31, 2012, voters in 12 regions in Georgia, including a 10-county Atlanta region, will decide in a referendum whether to enact a 1 percent […]

By Mike Klein Cherokee Charter Academy almost never happened.  Last spring it seemed possible – maybe even probable — that Cherokee Charter would never open because of a state Supreme […]

It’s Friday! - Today is Veterans Day. Remember to thank those who have fought for our freedom:  "The patriot volunteer, fighting for country and his rights, makes the most reliable […]

MACON – Georgia children who attend charter public schools are typically boxed into smaller facilities that have inadequate library, science, art, music, cafeteria and physical education resources compared to traditional […]

By Kelly McCutchen Fifteen years ago it was almost impossible to drive by a public school in Georgia without seeing at least one classroom trailer in the parking lot. Parents […]

By Sam Olens   The goal of good government is the efficient use of taxpayer money to best serve the community. Transparency helps meet this goal by providing mutual accountability […]

By Benita M. Dodd  For any Georgians still wondering about the need to see what government is up to with their tax dollars, it’s highlighted by the most recent example: […]

By James H. Orr Jr. Will massive, endless subsidies become a way of life for Georgians? Apparently so, if our policy-makers listen to the proponents of commuter rail line and […]