Pendergrass has highest tax district

Tuesday, November 10. 2009
Citizens living in the town of Pendergrass pay the highest combined tax rate in Jackson County. Pendergrass property owners will pay 35.48 mills in combined property taxes this year.

The City of Commerce has the lowest total tax rate in the county at 29.00 mills.

The tax rate varies in the county due to differences in incorporated tax rates, multiple fire districts which set their own rates and the fact the county has three school systems.

The multitude of combinations of millage rates makes Jackson County’s tax system the most complex in the state.

For the complete story and tax breakdown, see the November 11 issue of The Jackson Herald.
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#1 Sick & Tired on 11/10/09 at 10:54 AM [Reply]
Isn't that lovely? Just exactly what am I paying for?
#2 metoo on 11/10/09 at 01:49 PM [Reply]
I agree...
Look at the parks and perks other counties give their tax payers!
Why can the other counties afford this but we can't?
#3 Your decision on 11/10/09 at 02:37 PM [Reply]
So what you're saying is that you were uneducated enough to purchase property in an area without knowing the tax rates, etc.??? I didn't know you were forced to buy property that has a high millage rate. Even if it has risen recently, it has always been one of the highest in Jackson County and even if an area has the lowest millage rate, it will only rise. Maybe you should ask yourself "why did I do this" instead of "what am I paying for".
#4 Sick & Tired on 11/10/09 at 03:49 PM [Reply]
Maybe you should pull the stick out! There is no reason for such a small town to have the highest rates. I believe I am well within my rights to ask what I am paying for. No taxation without representation! I have lived here more than a decade and the rates have risen at a greater rate than population, improvement, value, etc. Do you live in the Pendergrass city limits? Do you know exactly where your money is going? If you don't live here then mind your own business. If you do live here then you should be as upset as the rest of us. Unless, of course, you are one of those Kool-Aid drinking, butt-kissing, Tolbert supporters who is too afraid of being evicted to make their own decisions.
#4.1 Meredith Davison on 11/12/09 at 10:27 AM [Reply]
AMEN Sick & Tired! We have every right to question where our tax money is being spent. Not enough people have questioned this and sadly, that is why we are in this position today.

As for the comment by "Your Decision", I think many of us ARE asking ourselves "Why did I do this" and I can only answer for my family. We moved here because we THOUGHT it would be a nice place to raise our family. We THOUGHT it was a nice, friendly,close knit community; but we thought wrong! Turns out that it is nothing that we THOUGHT (and yes, researched), that it would be!
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