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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL AWARD From page lA of an innovative process which eliminated back orders, reduced work in pro cess inventories by 50 per cent and is readily adapted to other operations. Citing improved commu nication and collaboration coupled with increased pro duction, Sandy Fox, direc tor of the 848th Combat Sustainment Support Group, said the innovative process resulted in greatly improved customer support. “These process improve ments can be easily dupli cated in other repair, man ufacturing and produc tion processes,” said Ist HOOPER From page pt to comprehend what is hap pening around and to us. Lacking certainty, we feel powerless. Our doubts can “make us lose the good we oft might win, by fear ing to attempt.” (William Shakespeare) We usually realize when we are operating from doubt. It’s an uncomfortable feel ing for most of us. We tend to resist making any major LETTERI From page 4A Under the current income tax schedule that taxpayer would be taxed $1,537. That means that under the GREAT plan the taxpayer has an increased income tax liability of SIBB. In addition to our sample citizen’s increased income tax liability, he is going to pay more sales taxes than he has in the past. The GREAT plan asks to add a 5.75 percent sales tax to virtually every thing he purchases including food. Typically, retired and low-income citizens don’t have property taxes that would off set the increased loss in state income taxes paid. For those living on a limited income the proposal is too onerous to warrant consideration. To produce “fairness” any tax revision must be citizen tax liability neutral. 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Christopher Lundell at Robins AFB. “They are flex ible enough to allow for quick adaptation to a number of different products and pro cesses.” “Georgia has become one of our nation’s top ten employers in aerospace, a dynamic industry,” said Nick Fuhrman, Executive Director of AIC. “Ben Epps’ spirit of adventure and determination has inspired generations of inventors and innovators.” Consulting Aviation Services, Inc. in Kennesaw received the Outstanding Aerospace Invention award and Col. Gary Breedlove, U. S. Air Force JROTC instructor at Bainbridge High School, received the Outstanding Aerospace Educator award. decisions that will affect our future. So, we have some built-in protection from taking radi cal action when we are in doubt. Can we also protect ourselves from the other extreme, the deception of acting with the belief that we see “the truth” of our situation? I know only one way: by holding our paradigms loosely and inviting others to share their ideas. Modeling a spirit of collaboration leads to a culture of interde industry than ending the prop erty tax. Generally, when a new industry moves into a community they receive tax abatement. That means they are excluded from property taxation for extended periods while their tax relief is trans ferred to residential property owners. By “transferred”, we the existing homeowners will see greater property tax bills to offset the loss of com mercial or industrial property being abated or Taken off the tax rolls”. Typically, after a period of time the enterprise that has received the tax abatement will begin to pay increas ing amounts of property tax until the tax abatement has reached its conclusion. Then, if the company wants to increase or expand its plant capacity it will usually ask for a development authority to issue bonds to cover the cost and, needless to say, ask for tax abatement of that investment for another 10 to 20 years. So, their expansion does not generate additional Hurry! \ Limited < fe On Some fc' ,ems Gt Abdul Qadir, MD Diplomats, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology is pleased to announce the opening of his new practice £ 1 -1 ■Jt vj 4 * JBm MM flHyi <i V' . ... grSM mmlL Contributed From left, John Dunn and David Scarborough, 402nd Electronics Maintenance Group, pictured with AIC Director Nick Furman, received the Ben T. Epps Aerospace Innovation trophy for Outstanding Aerospace Innovators pendence, where individu als feel comfortable offering their insights, knowing they will be respected for their perspectives. Still, as a leader, it is your responsibility to pro vide direction. You generate options, then must select a response. You cannot remain immobilized by the lack of certainty. You need to take action in the direction of resolving unacceptable situ ations. People are looking to you for clarity. So, in addition to your tax revenue to offset the rising cost of government until quite sometime into the future. In the meanwhile, homeowners will continue to “pick up the slack”. Eliminating the property tax serves offers greater reward to the wealthy and holders of large and valuable parcels of real estate. Under the GREAT pro posal, revenues from income and sales taxes would be collected, sent to Atlanta and then disbursed back to county and municipal gov ernments. Since a plurality if not majority of Georgians and members of the General Assembly live in the metro Atlanta vicinity, are we out side the metro Atlanta vicinity to believe we can be assured of receiving our proper share of tax revenue? We could only hope that would be the case. But, Atlanta is a decay ing city in need of what will probably amount to more than $1 billion to upgrade Its sewer and water systems. Taxes generated locally DISCOUNTS*/ BUILDING^ MATERIALS* PSCOUNIH 1 ffIUILDINCL> - materials! competence, you need to exhibit confidence. But what if those you influence have beliefs and expectations that don’t align with yours? How do you engage reluctant fol lowers who resist your direc tion? We’ll talk about that situ ation, which every leader experiences, next time! Dennis Hooper helps lead ers build organizational excellence and future leaders. Contact Dennis at 478-988- 0237 or at dhooper2@juno. com. should remain under local control. Some estimates are that Georgians may be hit with state and local sales taxes totaling 7 percent or more. With that, proponents of the GREAT plan still want to maintain an income tax. For a moment consider that Tennessee survives quite well on a sales tax of 9.25 percent without an income tax. Tennessee also excludes savings and retire ment account interest from taxation. 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All that he and fellow Republicans appear to be able to do is to create a new taxation system that rips off WATER From page 4A this resources that is so vital to agrictulture, indus try, quality of life, and life itself. Little things we all can do include washing only full loads of dishes and laun dry, taking showers instead of a baths (a typical savings of 30 gallons of water), repairing leaking faucets WALKER PRATT Walker invites all of his friends to visit him at his new home in Perry. Open Monday thru Friday 9am-6pm, Saturday 9am-6pm WAYNE IIOHHISI 1-75 to EXIT 136 IN PERRY (478) 987-2411 IMMI I>\l2M (Nationwide) SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2007 ♦ MP ■■■iiiiuui hi mmmm b S 1 1 most of us and would fail to provide adequate revenues for our county governments and school systems. (It is) a Ponzi scheme created by their discredited consultant, a Ronald Reagan leftover, Mr. Laffer, who only advo cates tax cuts for the rich! Frank W. Gadbols, Warner Robins and toilets and reducing overall electrical power use, because energy is produced using large vol umes of water. There’s much more that can be done by those who are serious about help ing to conserve water. Get informed on Georgia’s ongoing drought crisis and ways to conserve water indoors and out by visiting www.conservewatergeor gia.net. 7A 55230