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Speakers urge transparency in SPLASH 2 spending and renewed charter review
Summary
Public commenters at the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners meeting pressed for citizen oversight of SPLASH 2 (SPLOST) spending, criticized the absence of a citizen advisory board for the new funding round and urged action on a long-delayed county charter review.
Residents and civic advocates told the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners on March 11 that SPLASH 2 — the countys multiyear SPLOST program — lacks adequate citizen oversight and public input.
Steven Binney, a longtime participant in county processes, said DeKalb collected more than $700 million for SPLASH 2 but that “to this day, a year after the county started collecting funds for SPLASH 2, we still do not…
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