By Mark Woolsey
Tonight (Tuesday) is your final night to get your questions answered on the 2028 SPLOST renewal appearing on the Nov. 3 ballot.
The measure approved by the Cobb County Board of Commissioners in April is a one-cent sales tax designed to raise more than one point one billion dollars. It would fund an extensive list of capital projects.Money generated would not be used for operational expenses.
Among proposed projects are: various technoladogy upgrades, new construction involving government building, park improvements and street projects. The Tax would extend from Jan. 1, 2028 to Dec. 31 2033. The bulk of the money raised would go to the unincorporated areas, but each of the county’s seven cities would get a chunk as well.Tonight’s meeting is set for 5:30-6:30 -p.m. at the Hankerson Building, second floor, 100 Cherokee Street, Marietta