{"id":24802,"date":"2025-02-13T11:56:04","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T16:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=24802"},"modified":"2025-02-24T08:36:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T13:36:29","slug":"videos-lowndes-county-considers-opting-out-of-house-bill-581-public-hearing-2025-02-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2025\/02\/videos-lowndes-county-considers-opting-out-of-house-bill-581-public-hearing-2025-02-11.html","title":{"rendered":"Videos: Lowndes County Considers Opting Out of House Bill 581 Public Hearing 2025-02-11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Update 2025-02-24<\/strong>:\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2025\/02\/final-public-hearing-intent-to-opt-out-of-homestead-exemption-hb-581-lcc-2025-02-24.html\">Final Public Hearing: Intent to Opt Out of Homestead Exemption, HB 581 @ LCC 2025-02-24<\/a>.\r\n<p>\r\nLowndes County Commissioners and staff emphasized that they were working on\r\nfurther homested tax exemptions for seniors, as is the Lowndes County School System,\r\nwithout need for the state&#8217;s exemption.\r\nAnd they did not seem in favor of the state&#8217;s idea of an additional one-cent\r\nsales tax to reimburse property owners.\r\n<p>\r\nHere are LAKE videos of yesterday&#8217;s second Public Hearing about Lowndes County\r\nconsidering opting out of the statewide homestead exemption legislated last year by HB 581, effective January 1, 2025.\r\n<p>\r\nThree citizens spoke.\r\nThe first two seemed to be addressing some other meeting.\r\nThe Chairman had to tell the second speaker that her school system\r\nconcerns should be brought to the school board.\r\n<p>\r\nThe third speaker was more to the subject: Pam Hubbard, at\r\n9 minutes and 50 seconds:\r\n<br>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TOfqnu_BsvY&#038;t=590s\">\r\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TOfqnu_BsvY&#038;t=590s<\/a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<a title=\"Opt out of GA HB 581? Public Hearing 2025-02-11, Re: Homestead Property Tax Exemption, Lowndes County Commission\" name=\"MMM:Opt-out-of-GA-HB-581-Public-Hearing-20250211-Re-Homestead-Property-Tax-Exemption-Lowndes-County-Commission\" href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-02-11--lowndes-county-opt-out-hb-581-homestead-exemptions\/fbmany.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\"  width=\"600\"  border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-02-11--lowndes-county-opt-out-hb-581-homestead-exemptions\/fbmany.jpg\"  alt=\"[Opt out of GA HB 581? Public Hearing 2025-02-11, Re: Homestead Property Tax Exemption, Lowndes County Commission]\"><\/a>\r\n<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/govt\/loco\/2025-02-11--lowndes-county-opt-out-hb-581-homestead-exemptions\/fbmany.html\">Opt out of GA HB 581? Public Hearing 2025-02-11, Re: Homestead Property Tax Exemption, Lowndes County Commission<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nA final Public Hearing will be\r\nMonday, February 24 at 9:00 a.m.\r\n<p>\r\nThe School System already had its Public Hearings.\r\n<p>\r\nThe Lowndes County Commission will vote on the subject on Tuesday, February 25.\r\n<p>\r\nSo go to that last public hearing and speak up,\r\nor call or write your Lowndes County Commissioner.\r\n<p>\r\nAfter the videos below,\r\nthere is a LAKE video playlist.\r\n<p>\r\nFor other related material (the bill, the Lowndes County press release, the ACCG and GMA position, etc.), see the LAKE blog post on the first such Public Hearing:\r\n<br>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=24786\">\r\nhttp:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=24786<\/a><!--more-->\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Finance-presentation-Opting-Out-of-House-Bill-581\" href=\"#Finance-presentation-Opting-Out-of-House-Bill-581\">\r\nFinance presentation: Opting Out of House Bill 581<\/a>\r\n<br><a title=\"video: Finance presentation: Opting Out of House Bill 581\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/nmnPCdigRt4\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"Finance presentation: Opting Out of House Bill 581\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/nmnPCdigRt4\/hqdefault.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<!-- wget -O Finance-presentation-Opting-Out-of-House-Bill-581.jpg 'https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/nmnPCdigRt4\/sddefault.jpg' -->\r\n<!-- list Finance-presentation-Opting-Out-of-House-Bill-581.html\tFinance presentation: Opting Out of House Bill 581 -->\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/nmnPCdigRt4\">Video:<\/a>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/nmnPCdigRt4\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/nmnPCdigRt4<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Chairman-process-explanation-Opting-Out-of-House-Bill-581\" href=\"#Chairman-process-explanation-Opting-Out-of-House-Bill-581\">\r\nChairman process explanation: Opting Out of House Bill 581<\/a>\r\n<br><a title=\"video: Chairman process explanation: Opting Out of House Bill 581\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/LkPubI6pvJQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"Chairman process explanation: Opting Out of House Bill 581\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/LkPubI6pvJQ\/hqdefault.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<!-- wget -O Chairman-process-explanation-Opting-Out-of-House-Bill-581.jpg 'https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/LkPubI6pvJQ\/sddefault.jpg' -->\r\n<!-- list Chairman-process-explanation-Opting-Out-of-House-Bill-581.html\tChairman process explanation: Opting Out of House Bill 581 -->\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/LkPubI6pvJQ\">Video:<\/a>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/LkPubI6pvJQ\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/LkPubI6pvJQ<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<li>\r\n<a name=\"Public-Comments-onn-HB-581-Opt-Out\" href=\"#Public-Comments-onn-HB-581-Opt-Out\">\r\nPublic Comments onn HB 581 Opt Out<\/a>\r\n<br><a title=\"video: Public Comments onn HB 581 Opt Out\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/TOfqnu_BsvY\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" alt=\"Public Comments onn HB 581 Opt Out\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/TOfqnu_BsvY\/hqdefault.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<!-- wget -O Public-Comments-onn-HB-581-Opt-Out.jpg 'https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/TOfqnu_BsvY\/sddefault.jpg' -->\r\n<!-- list Public-Comments-onn-HB-581-Opt-Out.html\tPublic Comments onn HB 581 Opt Out -->\r\n<p style=\"font-style:normal\">\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/TOfqnu_BsvY\">Video:<\/a>\r\n<br>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/TOfqnu_BsvY\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/TOfqnu_BsvY<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>\r\nHere is the LAKE video playlist:\r\n<br>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLshUv86fYkiE8zLDd1SuvSquhKBM0wVgk\">\r\nhttps:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLshUv86fYkiE8zLDd1SuvSquhKBM0wVgk<\/a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%;font-style:italic\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?si=9rJdNEfDAUKd-ny2&amp;list=PLshUv86fYkiE8zLDd1SuvSquhKBM0wVgk\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-style:italic\">Investigative reporting costs money, for open records requests, copying, web hosting, gasoline, and cameras, and with sufficient funds we can pay students to do further research.  You can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/donate\">donate to LAKE today<\/a>!\r\n<br>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/donate\">\r\nhttp:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/donate<\/a>\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Update 2025-02-24: Final Public Hearing: Intent to Opt Out of Homestead Exemption, HB 581 @ LCC 2025-02-24. Lowndes County Commissioners and staff emphasized that they were working on further homested tax exemptions for seniors, as is the Lowndes County School System, without need for the state&#8217;s exemption. 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