Well, blow me down and kiss my grits! Who would have thought that the Atlanta Journal Constitution would have found a tax it didn't like?

But here it is, in its full glory, in the July 7 paper, an editorial saying that DeKalb County made a big mistake by adopting one of these SPLOST-like sales taxes to replace home property taxes.

Here's the paper telling us that DeKalb citizens need a clearer-eyed crew to steer their ship of state, that property taxes are a steadier source of revenue than sales taxes, which are more sensitive to economic ups and downs, that property taxes provide a tax structure that is equitable and sufficient to address public needs.

The AJC editorial wants DeKalb elected officials to declare their SPLOST-like scheme was a mistake.

Were the citizens of DeKalb fools for voting for this thing? They voted for it, didn't they?

So blow me down and kiss my grits, you get what you vote for!

Claude Y. Paquin
Fayette County
cypaquin@msn.com

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