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The ADVANCE, August 18, 2021 /Page 11B
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continued from page IB
case facility had become
unsightly. wooden
bleachers at each end of
the original concrete
stands were in disrepair
and unsightly light poles,
put in place for Georgia
to play night games, tar
nished Sanford’s once
pristine image.
When Joel Eaves
hired Vince Dooley in
1964, a facility upgrade
began. First it was a con
cept but reality would re
mind us of Georgia’s lim
itless potential. Eaves
had the light poles re
moved. The wooden
bleachers on the hillsides
went away, too. Eaves
announced that Georgia
would enhance its home
schedule. His only ex
ception was to leave the
Florida game in place in
Jacksonville, but he de
manded changes there
that were noticeably dif
ferent such as numbers
and location in the distri
bution of tickets and that
the city find a motel that
would meet Georgia’s
team objectives. (This
side note: Historically,
the city of Jacksonville
took the Bulldogs for
granted, often giving
UGA the back of its hand
until Eaves said he would
force a home and home
arrangement for the
game if he had to.)
As I sat in Sanford
Stadium recently, visions
of the aforementioned
developments are a re
minder of the fact that
the Coronavirus com
promised Georgia foot
ball, but should not crip
ple the program. Think
how daunting it had to be
in 1929 a couple of weeks
after the Yale game with
the economy in a tail-
spin.
Dan Magill, the inde
fatigable titan of the no
tion that Georgia’s
strength was in its peo
ple, its alumni support.
He always proclaimed,
“We are the majority
party.” His preachments
often fell on deaf ears,
but the Eaves-Dooley era
acquiesced to that view
without any testimony or
breast beating. Sound,
fundamental fiscal un
derpinning and winning
became a powerful force.
This is why the com
mitment of the Georgia
people should never be
underestimated. Win
ning comes first, which is
why the Dooley years
were critical to the cur
rent foundation, which is
as good as that of any
university in the country.
It makes a difference
that Georgia is the state
university. I remember
Darrell Royal, the ultra
successful Texas coach
commenting about tak
ing the Washington job
in 1956. He admitted he
didn’t know that much
about Washington except
he knew that the school
was the state university.
He later told Mack Brown
when Brown was at Tu-
lane, that Brown would
never make it with the
Green Wave, suggesting
he cast his lot with a
school with “’The’ in
front of its name, because
that is the only way
you’re going to make it.”
I wasn’t aware of col
lege football mores, his
tories or trends when I
enrolled in Athens but
would come to realize
the significance of an in
stitution being the state
university. With the
passing of time, it would
become crystal clear as
to what Georgia’s poten
tial was.
The reality of that
circumstance is giddily
obvious today. Georgia
and its legion of follow
ers EXPECT the Bull
dogs to annually com
pete for national champi
onships.
Kirby Smart’s leader
ship abilities are key. He
is a sound fundamental
football coach and inde
fatigable recruiter.
There is another element
which makes him
unique—he has vision.
Greatness cannot
come about without vi
sion. Although Clemson
is only 79 miles to the
east, I know little about
the school’s inside story
in its rise to football
prominence on the na
tional scene—but it is
obvious that at some
point Clemson chose to
think big. There was a
President who told the
Athletic Director, who
stuck by the coach, Dabo
Swinney, to go for it.
The “rest of the story,”
confirms that Clemson
got it right.
It is pure folly to an
ticipate and/or predict a
national championship.
You won’t find the cur
rent Bulldog head coach
guilty of such, but he be
lieves that by building a
program which can com
pete for one on an annual
basis, that that formula
should bring one about.
In his first year, it was
easy to conclude that
Smart had the “right
stuff” with regard to win
ning a national champi
onship.
The view here is that
while no one can wax
clairvoyant when it
comes to forecasting
championships, the Uni
versity of Georgia has the
right man for the job of
achieving that objective.
NOTICE
The Toombs County Board of Education does hereby announce that the millage rate will be set at a meeting to be held at the
Toombs County High School on August 26th at 5:30 PM and pursuant to the requirements of O.C.G.A. § 48-5-32 does hereby publish the
following presentation of the current year's tax digest and levy, along with the history of the tax digest and levy for the past five years.
CURRENT 2021 PROPERTY TAX DIGEST AND 5 YEAR HISTORY OF LEVY
BOARD OF EDUCATION
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
V
A
L
U
E
Real & Personal
417,232,930
426,584,563
443,764,427
438,940,333
449,886,810
482,435,713
Motor Vehicles
20,307,700
14,611,050
11,605,050
9,995,060
4,806,329
7,271,020
Mobile Homes
8,949,474
9,069,030
9,571,870
9,556,306
9,784,680
10,702,972
Timber-100%
6,062,339
4,807,652
6,958,571
7,856,288
13,990,942
10,530,354
Heavy Duty Equipment
Gross Digest
452,552,443
455,072,295
471,899,918
466,347,987
478,468,761
510,940,059
Less Exemptions
80,078,611
84,432,644
94,973,082
87,592,941
90,952,990
103,960,016
NET DIGEST VALUE
372,473,832
370,639,651
376,926,836
378,755,046
387,515,771
406,980,043
R
A
T
E
MILLAGE RATE
(Maintenance & Operation)
13.9560
13.9560
14.0000
14.0030
15.0000
14.6120
TAX
TOTAL M&O TAXES LEVIED
$5,198,245
$5,172,647
$5,276,976
$5,303,707
$5,812,737
$5,946,792
Net Tax $ Increase
($25,598)
$104,329
$26,731
$509,030
$134,056
Net Tax % Increase
-0.49%
2.02%
0.51%
9.60%
2.31%
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