Taxpayers’ Report Card for Bob Weatherford, Cobb Commission District 1

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Spending YOUR Money

red-x-hi-20x20 Voted to increase county spending to $789 MILLION for Fiscal Year 20161
red-x-hi-20x20 Voted to increase county spending to $858 MILLION for Fiscal Year 20172
red-x-hi-20x20 Voted to increase county spending to $890 MILLION for Fiscal Year 20183

Raising YOUR Taxes

red-x-hi-20x20 Voted to increase county property taxes to $280 MILLION for 20154
red-x-hi-20x20 Voted to increase county property taxes to $292 MILLION for 20175
red-x-hi-20x20 Voted for $130 MILLION per year ‘OLOST’ sales tax hike6,7

Braves Stadium Boondoggle

red-x-hi-20x20 Voted to give the Braves a parking monopoly near the Stadium by outlawing private parking8,9
red-x-hi-20x20 Voted to condemn private property so that the government could use it to build the Braves Bridge10
red-x-hi-20x20 Voted to give the Braves an additional $14 MILLION for their road work near the stadium11,12

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Footnotes

  1. Minutes of Regular Meeting, Cobb County Board of Commissioners, 8 Sep 2015, Finance Item 8C
  2. Minutes of Regular Meeting, Cobb County Board of Commissioners, 27 Sep 2016, Finance Item A
  3. Minutes of Regular Meeting, Cobb County Board of Commissioners, 22 Sep 2017, Finance Item 8A
  4. Minutes of Regular Meeting, Cobb County Board of Commissioners, 22 Jul 2015, Finance Item 2C
  5. Minutes of Regular Meeting, Cobb County Board of Commissioners, 25 Jul 2017, Finance Item 7B
  6. Minutes of Regular Meeting, Cobb County Board of Commissioners, 23 Jan 2018, Board of Commissioners Item 13A
  7. Jon Gargis, “Cobb commissioners to consider public safety referendum call,” Marietta Daily Journal, 19 Jan 2018
  8. Minutes of Regular Meeting, Cobb County Board of Commissioners, 23 Feb 2016, Community Dev. Item 6A, Code Section 78.406
  9. Liz Roscher, “Cobb County outlaws private parking at new Braves stadium,” Yahoo! Sports, 30 Jun 2016
  10. Minutes of Regular Meeting, Cobb County Board of Commissioners, 22 Mar 2016, Consent Agenda Item 9D
  11. Minutes of Regular Meeting, Cobb County Board of Commissioners, 14 Mar 2017, County-wide Item 10A
  12. Liz Roscher, “Braves say Cobb County owes $14 million for new stadium transportation,” Yahoo! Sports, 25 Jan 2017