All the votes have yet to be counted, but the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) in Chatham County will continue with another round from 2014 to 2020. I’ve written extensively about the tax over the last few years.…
Tag: SPLOST
A few final thoughts on SPLOST
I’m planning to vote for SPLOST (the special purpose local option sales tax) on Tuesday here in Chatham County. As always with such votes, there are many who have reasonable arguments for voting against it. I voted against the current…
A look at Chatham County’s proposed use for $137 million in SPLOST funds
A few notes on SPLOST
So where is the westside land that Savannah purchased for an arena?
Where should Savannah’s new arena be built? (If we get one)
In a relatively long post earlier this summer — The need for a new arena in Savannah and the next SPLOST vote — I wrote (with emphasis added): Despite the relatively clear explanations for the lack of money to build…
Time for Savannah to pull the plug on cruise ship dreams
I’d be writing about this issue for my City Talk column this coming Sunday, but apparently Savannah City Council will consider on Thursday whether to move ahead with another phase in studies regarding the viability of a cruise ship terminal…