Savannah TEA Party Agenda

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SAVANNAH TEA PARTY AGENDA

Monday, August 6, 2012,? B & D Burgers, 1118 South Abercorn

5:30 Social, 6:00 Meeting

1.????? Call to order ? Marolyn

2.????? Introduction of attendees????????

3.????? Pledge of Allegiance ? Pat Shows

4.????? Invocation ? Russ Glidewell

5.????? Minutes ? Laurie Hamilton

6.????? Treasures Report ? Jeanne Seaver

7.??? TSPOST ? WE DID IT ? WE DEFEATED TSPLOST !!! Thank you to everyone who helped.

a.??? Many thanks to everyone who helped with the rally at Lake Mayer and to Jeff Kilgore who gave the FACTS on TSPLOST and Don Hodges who spoke on Agenda 21.

b.??? Thank you to those who came to our last minute Press Conference at Rousakis Plaza.

c.??? A BIG thank you to Beth Delnostro who took on the responsibility of contacting the press, creating the ad in the Savannah Morning News, and writing and presenting our 30 second radio ads.

d.??? Thank you to everyone who contributed to our TSPLOST endeavor. We wouldn?t have succeeded without your generosity.

8.????? Future plans ? Take Our County Back Party

a.?????? Fund Raiser Saturday, August 25, 6:00 at Blueberry Hill Inn., 1550C Dean Forest Road, Garden City. Walt Peters Rambling Country Band will play for dancing. Free. Food and drink will be available to purchase.

????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? i.????? Blueberry Hill is sponsoring the event. Savannah Tea Party will get 10% of food sales. The band has been paid for.

??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? ii.????? Auction- Volunteers to get prizes for auction

????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? iii.????? Volunteers to sell raffle tickets

?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? iv.????? PR ? Beth Delnostro, Stuart Fletcher, Marolyn , and Valerie at Blueberry Hill

???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? v.????? Sale of TEA Shirts ? Muriel Healy, Additional people

?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? vi.????? Flyers will be ready soon and emailed to you to make copies and distribute.

9.????? Additional Business

a.?????? Do we want to endorse candidates in primary and/or general elections?

????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? i.????? If so, we need a committee to VET candidates.

b.????? Follow-up on TSPLOST

????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? i.????? Marolyn has contacted Senator Buddy Carter and Rep. Ben Watkins about repealing the penalty to counties who voted against TSPLOST:

Explanation of penalty: The voters have spoken and TSPLOST is defeated. Unfortunately, the issues within the TIA of 2010 linger:
Lawmakers had the temerity to build in two (2) penalties clauses in House Bill 277 (HB277), "Transportation Investment Act of 2010" (TIA / T-SPLOST).
The first penalty was threatened before the referendum was placed on the ballot.? If local election officials did not place the referendum on the ballot, the community would suffer a 30 percent (30%) penalty in funding for local transportation projects, the funding which the county residents have already paid for in taxes.

Now that T-SPLOST is defeated, the second penalty kicks in.? The law stipulates that if the referendum is voted it down, as it was in 9 of the 12 regions, those 9 regions now suffer a GDOT funding penalty. "The coercive nature of this law is unthinkable.? Our state leaders should not hold our own fuel taxes hostage because ?the people? voted down a bad referendum.? Nor should they incentivize voting for a terrible bill,? said Steve Brown of the Transportation Leadership Coalition and Fayette County Commissioner ? ?One penalty clause is bad enough, but two penalty clauses in legislation proves a sheer lack of faith in their own plan."

The law reads as follows starting on Line 687:
?(d) In the event a special district sales and use tax election is held and the voters in a special district do not approve the levy of the special district transportation sales and use tax, the local governments in such special district shall be required to provide a 30 percent match for any local maintenance and improvement grants by the Department of Transportation for transportation projects and programs for at least 24 months and until such time as a special district sales and use tax is approved.
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?In the event the voters in a special district approve the levy of the special district transportation sales and use tax, the local governments in such special district shall be required to provide a 10 percent match for any local maintenance and improvement grants by the Department of Transportation for transportation projects and programs for the duration of the levy of the special district transportation sales and use tax.?

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Additional follow-up includes reviewing of projects approved and those proposed by the individual counties. Volunteers needed to work on the Committee.

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10.?? ??Next Meeting, Second Monday, Sept. 10, First Monday, Sept. 3 is Labor Day??

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11.? Meeting Adjourn

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Marolyn Overton

7 Sedgewater Retreat

Savannah, GA 31411

912-598-7358 (H)? 912-507-3929 (c)

Source: http://www.savannahteaparty.com/2012/08/savannah-tea-party-agenda.html

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