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COMMUNITY Pitts warns proposed revenue cuts would be ‘devastating’ BY DAN WHOM? danwhisenhunt@reporternewspapers.net District 2 At-Large Fulton County Commissioner Robb Pitts says a proposal to increase the county’s homestead tax ex emption would be “devastating.” Pitts attended the Buckhead Coun cil of Neighborhoods meeting on Feb. 7 and addressed several pieces of legisla tion being introduced in the state Gen eral Assembly this year. The proposals target different aspects of county government. One moves the county to an employment system that would make it easier to fire workers. An other changes the makeup of the coun ty’s library board. Pitts said he was most worried about the homestead tax exemption bill, which would increase the exemption from $30,000 to $60,000. Estimates vary on the impact, but Pitts said it would cut $50 million out of the county’s budget. “What would I cut out, if the county had $50 million less?” Pitts asked. “The lawyers will complain now about the court system, not enough employees, not enough this. Do you cut district attorney’s office? Do you cut the jail, which is heavy [with] personnel? What do you cut? “You close libraries? You shorten the hours? You take another $5 million or so from Grady Hospital? That’s going to be devastating for Grady. What happens if Grady can’t accommodate all of the peo ple that they now accommodate? Where will those people go? I can tell you where they’re going. They’re going to Piedmont and Northside (hospitals), because they can’t turn them away.” Pitts said Milton County is on the “back burner,” but the north Fulton state legislative delegation has intro- “What do you cut?” - ROBB PITTS FULTON COUNTY COMMISSIONER duced bills that would re-establish Mil- ton, which was absorbed into Fulton during the Depression. On Feb. 11, Rep. Jan Jones, R-Mil- ton, speaker pro tem of the House, re introduced legislation to create Mil- ton County, an idea that so far hasn’t appeared likely to pass numerous legal hurdles. Rep. Wendell Willard, R-Sandy Springs, and other representatives also introduced similar bills. Milton County would be comprised of cities in northern Fulton Coun ty, leaving Fulton with Atlanta and the southern part of the county. “We are committed to a more ac countable county government that satis factorily performs only the services that are necessary and no more,” Jones said in a press release. “I believe significant reform of Fulton County this year and a continued push to re-create Milton County will deliver it.” As a constitutional amendment, the resolution needs a two-thirds majority vote in the state House and Senate be fore it could be placed on the ballot for a statewide vote, the press release says. PHOTOS BY PHIL MOSIER Riders aboard! Above, Caroline Pope, on “Chase,” handles a jump at Chastain Horse Park in Buckhead on Feb. 9. Right, instructor Jill Jones, right, gives Setareh Alavi, 11, lessons on English-style jumping. Below, trainer Jonquil Hiddleson, right, leads Maegan Ewing, 8, riding “Cotton, ”as they make their way from the stables to the arena. 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