This site wishes to recognize the effort of a compassionate individual in Swain County in giving a path for individuals to circumvent our local bureaucracy and put the money in the spot it's needed.
THANK YOU
"I hope you will put up this site: http://www.donorschoose.org/ as a legit place for people to contribute to specific needs in Swain County Schools.
This site lets teachers from all over the US, including Swain County, to write proposals for projects, materials needed to cover specific educational objectives.We members of Donors, then select projects we want to help with. Let me state again from my experience that this is a great program which includes feedback to donors, who may remain unidentified if they choose. There are several good classroom projects listed in our Swain schools as we speak that
need assistance from the people.
These donations are legal tax deductions and the sires provides detailed info on each donation as to school, date and sum of donation.
This is a way we can all put our money where our collective mouths are in helping individual classrooms get materials the county cannot or will not fund.
I do not have anything to gain from this so I hope you will place this on your site!!
Thanks for your work on the blog ."
It's our pleasure.
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
SWAIN COUNTY UNOFFICIAL RESULTS 11/06/07
Mayor Bryson City
Brad Walker
102_______ 38.20%
Ron Harless
67_________ 25.09%
Alan Brown
52_________ 19.48%
Jeramy Shuler
43_________ 16.10%
Alderman Bryson City
James Gribble
173________ 37.28%
Kate Welch
161________ 34.70%
Jeff Myers
127_________ 27.37%
Land Transfer Tax Referendum
AGAINST
1458________ 78.81%
FOR
392__________ 21.19%
The People have spoken.
Now we'll wait on the other shoe to drop.
Brad Walker
102_______ 38.20%
Ron Harless
67_________ 25.09%
Alan Brown
52_________ 19.48%
Jeramy Shuler
43_________ 16.10%
Alderman Bryson City
James Gribble
173________ 37.28%
Kate Welch
161________ 34.70%
Jeff Myers
127_________ 27.37%
Land Transfer Tax Referendum
AGAINST
1458________ 78.81%
FOR
392__________ 21.19%
The People have spoken.
Now we'll wait on the other shoe to drop.
In response to pay them now or pay them later
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Get Real said...
I'm no more in favor of a property tax hike than the next person, but to suggest that Swain County is by any means unfairly taxed is incorrect. According to data on the National Association of Builders website, which tracks property taxes nationwide, Swain County has the 2nd lowest property tax rate in North Carolina. Some counties, such as Durham, Orange and Cumberland counties, have tax rates nearly 2 1/2 times higher than Swain.Accusing a public official of a desire to raise taxes simply to cause foreclosures is an extremely inflammatory statement. Back your statements up with facts. The fact is, Swain County is taxed less than all but one other county in North Carolina. Coupled with the fact that only 15% of Swain County is taxable property in the first place, you should count your blessings that so far the county government has been able to operate on this small of a revenue stream.
Get Real said...
I'm no more in favor of a property tax hike than the next person, but to suggest that Swain County is by any means unfairly taxed is incorrect. According to data on the National Association of Builders website, which tracks property taxes nationwide, Swain County has the 2nd lowest property tax rate in North Carolina. Some counties, such as Durham, Orange and Cumberland counties, have tax rates nearly 2 1/2 times higher than Swain.Accusing a public official of a desire to raise taxes simply to cause foreclosures is an extremely inflammatory statement. Back your statements up with facts. The fact is, Swain County is taxed less than all but one other county in North Carolina. Coupled with the fact that only 15% of Swain County is taxable property in the first place, you should count your blessings that so far the county government has been able to operate on this small of a revenue stream.
Monday, November 5, 2007
PAY THEM NOW OR PAY THEM LATER?
Currently there is a story being leaked apparently that if the LAND TRANSFER TAX FAILS that our ESTEEMED COUNTY COMMISSIONERS shall look toward re-evaluation of property values for the money they need.
Can anyone shed light on this rumor?
If it is correct, why would they ask the Voters of the County to decide on raising taxes since they plan to do it anyway? Is it because they don't have the guts to do it up front and would rather go around our backs.
Right now many elderly, and those on fixed income, as well as those on tight budgets can barely pay the taxes being levied now by this Nottingham Bunch. How long will it be before they begin foreclosure on people's property in the name of the County. How long will it be before King Glenn and his hinchman take bread from your table?
Can anyone shed light on this rumor?
If it is correct, why would they ask the Voters of the County to decide on raising taxes since they plan to do it anyway? Is it because they don't have the guts to do it up front and would rather go around our backs.
Right now many elderly, and those on fixed income, as well as those on tight budgets can barely pay the taxes being levied now by this Nottingham Bunch. How long will it be before they begin foreclosure on people's property in the name of the County. How long will it be before King Glenn and his hinchman take bread from your table?
Have they wrote Checks they can't cash?
Think about it. Why else would our County Government want to get you to give them additional tax money? They saw the Lottery coming and began post dating checks, making plans for all that CASH but when the rubber met the road and everybody woke up the streets of gold just weren't there.
Fearing reprisals from just such areas as the Western Counties the General Assembly then in it's infinite wisdom allowed these counties to have the power to get money from it's own tax base through Transfer Tax Fees instead of the Lottery.
What a joke!
Now is it the local levels fault for not having the funds to cash the checks or fill the promises made? NO! It is their fault for spending or promising the funds they didn't have.
Stupidity at it's finest!
Isn't it time somebody stood up and looked around? We couldn't possibly run our family budgets like this. It's like the old addabge of "keeping up with the Jone's".
Rather than try to always run around in a new car or have a new house, how about let's make sure the car or in this case, the school we've got runs well before we junk it. Do we need new buildings? Or just get a handle on what we do have and manage it better. Oh things wear out, but a fine example of a building that the county abandoned once upon a time just because it just wasn't worth saving, is now one of Southwestern Tech's best satellite Facility. I don't guess it was as big a problem as it was made out to be, considering that the old Almond School will probably be around even now for years to come.
Fearing reprisals from just such areas as the Western Counties the General Assembly then in it's infinite wisdom allowed these counties to have the power to get money from it's own tax base through Transfer Tax Fees instead of the Lottery.
What a joke!
Now is it the local levels fault for not having the funds to cash the checks or fill the promises made? NO! It is their fault for spending or promising the funds they didn't have.
Stupidity at it's finest!
Isn't it time somebody stood up and looked around? We couldn't possibly run our family budgets like this. It's like the old addabge of "keeping up with the Jone's".
Rather than try to always run around in a new car or have a new house, how about let's make sure the car or in this case, the school we've got runs well before we junk it. Do we need new buildings? Or just get a handle on what we do have and manage it better. Oh things wear out, but a fine example of a building that the county abandoned once upon a time just because it just wasn't worth saving, is now one of Southwestern Tech's best satellite Facility. I don't guess it was as big a problem as it was made out to be, considering that the old Almond School will probably be around even now for years to come.
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