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Chairman tries to bypass mayors in sales tax talks

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Susan Norman

in County Government Archives, Top Stories & Breaking News

Thursday, March 22. 2012

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Danny Yearwood on the evening of March 13 told the Barrow County Board of Commissioners — and the public — that he had been working closely with the county’s mayors on using sales tax proceeds to pay for the federally mandated narrow banding of the county’s communications system.

“I’ve tried to stay real close to the municipalities to let them know the position we are in and what we would like to do,” he said during the BOC’s televised discussion of a proposal to refinance about $37 million in general obligation bonds that were issued in 2006 and to use the savings for the narrow banding project.

For the county to have access to the entire $1.8-2.4 million in projected savings, the mayors would have to agree to amend a 2011 agreement that currently allows the county to use over half of the local governments’ collective monthly revenues from the next six years of the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax to pay the bond debt. Without an amendment, the cities would be entitled to pro-rata shares of the savings from the bond refunding.

But Yearwood, the same day of the BOC meeting, insulted all but one of the county’s mayors over the kickoff of negotiations of a new 10-year agreement for the distribution of a different penny sales tax — the Local Option Sales Tax. He attempted to kick off the LOST negotiations by excluding all but Winder’s mayor from the negotiations.

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#1 So if I were a mayor on 03/22/12 at 05:49 AM [Reply]

that was excluded, I've say "thanks but no thanks" He should have been on top of this issue all along and not way until the last minute.

Typical Dumbwood.

#2 Anonymous on 03/22/12 at 07:20 AM [Reply]

Honestly, I think Danny means well, but he just doesn't have the sense that God gave to the little green apples that come out of the southern end of a north bound horse. Y'all may not like Keith Lee, but Keith had the radio project well in hand when Yearwood ran Keith out. Yearwood didn't do anything with the mandated change-over until the deadline was in sight.
Now Yearwood needs to go meet with each mayor, make nice, and plead for their cooperation. Danny seems to have the wrong concept of the carrot and the stick, so let me explain it. Tie a carrot to a long stick and dangle it in front of the stubborn mule. The mule will walk forward to get the carrot, thus pulling the load. The Danny method is to eat the carrot, and then beat the mule with the stick.

#3 Anonymous on 03/22/12 at 07:33 AM [Reply]

The use of the word "insulting" is blatant insertion of the writer's opinion. Absolutely no material supporting or justifying the use of that word is contained in the story. Such egregious usage is typical of the sort of journalism practiced by this newspaper and sanctioned by the publisher.

#3.1 Anonymous on 03/22/12 at 09:28 AM [Reply]

Should he have said, "Danny attempted to exclude the more prospering metropolitans in favor of the Rotting Core of Barrow to peddle his wares..."

#4 Anonymous on 03/22/12 at 08:03 AM [Reply]

How quick can January 1st get here? I'm not sure we can last with Dumbwood in office. What a dummy.

And #3, I would almost think you were Dumbwood but your grammar is too good and you use big words that Danny would never know the meaning of.

#4.1 Anonymous on 03/22/12 at 09:49 AM [Reply]

My issue does not involve whether or not Yearwood is saint or sinner. Instead, it relates to overt and improper editorializing in what is putatively a news story. BTW, I humbly suggest to you to refrain from ending a sentence with a preposition.

#4.1.1 The Drunk has the right of way on 03/22/12 at 10:02 AM [Reply]

Seems to be, that the GOB (Not GOP) Party's membership is running around making excuses for their leadership's poor character, temper, intelligence... Pretty much like the abused making excuses for their batterer. No wonder Cops don't like going to domestics.

#5 Joe Hayes on 03/22/12 at 09:54 AM [Reply]

This has been happening since Yearwood Took office. I would suggest the Jud try to fix this with the cities because Yearwood has a terrible repport with them.

#6 Anonymous on 03/22/12 at 04:37 PM [Reply]

One more example here of yearwoods faikled leadership. Its almost tireing to continually talk about his idiocey but if its not always up where folks can see it and be reminded of it then there is a chance that he will get reelected when they reelect obama.Vote yearwood out in 2012.
Jack Legg

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