Ashley Bell, a former Gainesville county commissioner, is getting another promotion in Washington D.C. A prominent Trump supporter during the 2016 campaign, Bell will keep his current position as regional director for the U.S. Small Business Administration, but will now add to his responsibilities as a policy adviser for entrepreneurship and innovation in the White House’s Office of American Innovation. Working now under Jared Kushner and helping create policy that helps small businesses, moving yet another rung up the ladder has Bell’s ship RISING…
Proposed Fulton Co. property tax hike
Fulton County homeowners let out a collective groan Monday following the announcement that property taxes will be increasing by more than 12% over the rollback millage rate. The hike, per the over the Fulton County Board of Commissioners, is to increase funding for the 2025 General Fund. The county will host three public meetings to discuss the plan with the public before the millage rate is set, but the likely tax hike has Fulton homeowners SINKING…
