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Taxpayers’ Report Card for Mike Boyce, Cobb Commission Chairman

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Spending YOUR Money

red-x-hi-20x20 Voted to increase county spending to $881 MILLION1
red-x-hi-20x20 Voted to increase county spending to $966 MILLION2,3
red-x-hi-20x20 Voted to increase county spending to $999 MILLION4,5

Raising YOUR Taxes

red-x-hi-20x20 Voted to increase property taxes to $201 MILLION6,7,8
red-x-hi-20x20 Voted to increase property taxes to $265 MILLION9,10
red-x-hi-20x20 Voted to increase property taxes to $277 MILLION11,12
red-x-hi-20x20 Voted for $130 MILLION per year ‘OLOST’ sales tax hike13,14

Braves Stadium Boondoggle

red-x-hi-20x20 Voted to give the Braves an additional $14 MILLION for their road work near the stadium15,16

BROKEN Promises

red-x-hi-20x20 “We also won’t be mirroring [Tim Lee’s] support of new and higher taxes, actions which do not reflect Republican values.”17
red-x-hi-20x20 “What I am committed to though is lower taxes, and when you have lower taxes that means you have leaner government.”18
red-x-hi-20x20 “No, there will not be a tax increase.”19

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Footnotes

  1. Board of Commissioners meeting minutes, Sept 22, 2017
  2. Board of Commissioners meeting minutes, July 25, 2018
  3. FY 2020 Proposed Budget presentation, July 8, 2019
  4. Cobb County FY 2020 Amended Biennial Budget, July 11, 2019
  5. Board of Commissioners meeting minutes, July 23, 2019
  6. Notice of Property Tax Increase and 5 Year History of Levy, 2017
  7. Board of Commissioners meeting minutes, July 25, 2017
  8. Note: Boyce’s tax hike motion failed and the Board adopted a slightly smaller tax increase.
  9. Notice of Property Tax Increase and 5 Year History of Levy, 2018
  10. Board of Commissioners meeting minutes, July 25, 2018
  11. Notice of Property Tax Increase and 5 Year History of Levy, 2019
  12. Board of Commissioners meeting minutes, July 23, 2019
  13. Jon Gargis, “Cobb commissioners to consider public safety referendum call,” Marietta Daily Journal, 19 Jan 2018
  14. Board of Commissioners meeting minutes, March 14, 2017, County-wide Item 10A
  15. Liz Roscher, “Braves say Cobb County owes $14 million for new stadium transportation,” Yahoo! Sports, 25 Jan 2017
  16. Board of Commissioners meeting minutes, March 14 2017, County-wide Item 10A
  17. Jessica Szilagyi, “Mike Boyce: What It Means to be a
    Public Servant”, The Perspicacious Conservative, April 2, 2012
  18. Kiri Walton, “Meet the Candidates: Mike Boyce”, Patch: East Cobb, GA, July 24, 2012
  19. Denis O’Hayer, “A Talk With Mike Boyce, Incoming Cobb Commission Chairman”, WABE, July 29, 2016