The stealth move.
Cowan finds it ironic the way the state is handling publicity about the loss of HTRG compared with when it was put in place five years ago.
“Since it was implemented, we have been required to print the following statement on all tax bills:
‘This reduction in your bill is the result of homeowner’s tax relief enacted by the Governor and the General Assembly of the State of Georgia’,” Cowan said.
House Bill 143 goes out of its way to make sure counties don’t emphasize the loss of HTRG, Cowan said.
The law states, “each fiscal authority shall not include a notice on each tax bill regarding the unavailability of the credit.”
Eliminating HTRG will cost the average homeowner about $200 – $300. The Governor and General Assembly are trying very hard to make sure you don’t notice. Bills hit the postman next month! Excitement!
So absurd
So I heard about this kid who was all like “The Ox is a total douche bag”, and then the Ox people said, ”listen you little prick, Ox will be there next week and you’re totally going to have to face him on the playground if you don’t shut up”, and the kid was all like “yeah, well, fuck you, that’s not what you told me when we were texting yesterday”, and the Ox people were like “hey, that’s not cool, why you got to go telling everybody”, and then some other kids said “yeah, dick, Ox is teh awesome so leave him alone”.
Kidz is weird
So, it’s been a hellish week of meetings, action items, interactions with “boundary partners”, and [insert your favorite corporate euphemism here]. I’m tired, I want my Friday margarita, or perhaps I’ll just consume a nice ice cold beer.
I swing through and grab the kids on the way home.
Both younsters inform me that they wish it was Monday so they could go to school. Um… what? That’s not exactly what I had in mind.
Perhaps in my advancing years, I’ve some how forgotten the anticipation of the coming school year through the eyes of a kid. But maybe, and perhaps it’s what still rattles around in my brain as the most lucid rememberance of the coming school year, my kids are just a little different.
