Budget juggling act has some in Roswell crying foul | www.myajc.com

Roswell’s recent vote on taxes to help fund its $101 million budget barely raised an eyebrow among most residents here because they won’t pay a penny more than last year.

But, critics in North Fulton’s second largest city contend the vote was nothing more than a tax hike in disguise because property taxes should have been lowered.

To some, it’s just semantics. To others, it’s about $1.7 million dollars that should have been rolled back to residents or, at least, discussed openly at public forums.

Mayor Jere Wood bristles at any charge of a tax hike, proclaiming the overall tax rate on property — or millage rate — has not increased in 10 years, and he doesn’t anticipate it going up anytime soon.

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