Commissioner Thornton steals budget vote with anti-democratic maneuver
Channel: Athens Politics Nerd
Date: 2023-06-07

Commissioner Ovita Thornton helps Mike Hamby push through his budget version by exploiting a vulnerability in the commission's process. This may be unprecedented in ACC history. This was done to lower the tax rate by 0.65 mils instead of 0.3.

'Airport Lounge' by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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