{"id":25161,"date":"2025-08-05T08:52:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T12:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=25161"},"modified":"2025-08-05T11:42:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T15:42:49","slug":"rome-floyd-splost-committee-2024-12-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2025\/08\/rome-floyd-splost-committee-2024-12-31.html","title":{"rendered":"Rome-Floyd SPLOST Committee 2024-12-31"},"content":{"rendered":"

\r\nThe\r\n\r\nopaque SPLOST process<\/a> the Lowndes County Commission is using,\r\nin which it\r\n\r\njust sent an Agreement and a Project List<\/a> to\r\nits cities for approval without the taxpaying citizens ever seeing either,\r\nis not the only way.\r\n

\r\n\r\n\"[Rome-Floyd<\/a>\r\n
Rome-Floyd County, GA, Citizen SPLOST Committee, Less Population than Lowndes, More transparent process<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nRome and Floyd County, Georgia, have a citizen committee that decides what is on their Special Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) list.\r\nThat committee has open meetings and publishes its draft lists.\r\n
\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/www.floydcountyga.gov\/bc-splost<\/a>\r\n

\r\nFloyd County, at 100,113 people, has\r\n\r\nless population<\/a> than Lowndes County, at 120,712.\r\n

\r\nIf Floyd County can be transparent, Lowndes County can also choose to be transparent.\r\n\r\n\r\n

\r\n\r\n\"[Rome-Floyd<\/a>\r\n
Rome-Floyd SPLOST Committee<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nRome-Floyd 2023 SPLOST Project List<\/a><\/H4>\r\n

\r\nPDF<\/strong><\/a>.\r\n

\r\n\r\n\"[IT,<\/a>\r\n
IT, Water, Sewer, Public Safety, Economic Development, Public Works, Transportation<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\r\n\"[Quality<\/a>\r\n
Quality of Life and Total SPLOST Projects<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\n\r\n\"[2024<\/a>\r\n
Rome-Floyd 2024 SPLOST newspaper report<\/a>\r\n
PDF<\/strong><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>\r\n

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