Atlanta property taxes have been steadily rising for years, while we remain the #49 state in the performance of our public schools that these rising taxes are supposed to be improving. Not to mention the state lottery money.... I don't even know what they're wasting that on, because it's obviously not being used to improve state schools.
Now our water/sewage rates are about to skyrocket to 2-3 times what they have been, thanks to YEARS of procrastination by our Democratic city government in making upgrades and repairs to the city's public works. Now the problem is acute, and it's going to cost 2-3 billion to fix, by current estimates (which we all know are always low). In the meantime we've been pi$$ing away more taxpayer money, for several years, by paying millions in fines to the EPA for the related environmental violations, instead of addressing the problem!
Mike