The Marietta Daily Journal – Lee has the Braves but is still looking for votes

The deal is structured in ways that avoid a direct property tax increase for those outside the Cumberland/Galleria area. So opposition is likely to hinge on three factors:

• Whether the public perceives as “a tax increase” the proposal to extend for an additional 30 years the parks bond taxes now due to expire in 2017 and 2018. The bonds total 0.33 mills worth of debt service, equivalent to $26 a year on the owner of a $100,000 house. Lee and stadium supporters argue it is a “continuation” of a voter-approved tax, not a new tax or a tax increase;

• Whether the county will take adequate measures to mitigate the stadium’s impact on traffic in the already congested I-75/285/Cobb Parkway corridor;

• And whether Lee and his commission are transparent and have given the public sufficient time to digest the funding proposal, which has more moving parts than a Porsche engine.

via The Marietta Daily Journal – Lee has the Braves but is still looking for votes.