‘Mimosa Mandate’ Is Law: Georgia Governor Signs SB17

‘Mimosa Mandate’ Is Now Law: Georgia Governor Signs Sunday Brunch Bill SB17 Sipping mimosas on Sundays starting at 11 a.m. now in the hands of Georgia voters! You’ll notice on the ballot this year is the option to vote to approve SB-17, also known as the Brunch Bill. This will allow the Sky Valley Country … Read more

Service Delivery Strategy – SDS Memo

Service Delivery Strategy – SDS Memo For those of you who wish to understand how SDS (Georgia’s Service Delivery Strategy) and double taxation, and how SDS  helps to rectify the ongoing double taxation in Rabun County, By not having an SDS agreement, Rabun County and the cities within Rabun County have lost their qualified governmental status.  … Read more

Hotel/Motel Tax and The City of Sky Valley

Hotel/Motel Tax and The City of Sky Valley Since the City of Sky Valley, to date, has not created its own development authority, Sky Valley is required by law to contribute 40% (nearly $7,000 last year) of its hotel/motel tax to the Rabun Tourism Development Authority. As Teka Earnhardt pointed out in the Clayton Tribune, … Read more