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UPDATE: Temporary closure announced for Shoal Creek Road ahead of bridge replacement
Part of Shoal Creek Road will close for five months starting Monday, Feb. 10, according to an announcement from the Dawson County Government.
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Letter to the Editor: You have every reason to be concerned about your property taxes
Opinion
The other night the county commissioners made a bad mistake. I normally do not go public with my criticisms of those who hold those offices. I know from my own experiences at the job of being a commissioner that it is a hard one to get right. The hours are long and the pay is low and you hardly ever get an “attaboy” and mostly you get a good talking to. The commissioners voted three to two to reduce the commercial impact fees from 100 percent of the estimated actual costs to 25 percent. If you are a property owner in the country and concerned about your property taxes you should have felt a hand go into your pocketbook and take out some money. What just happened by that vote was a decision to shift the costs that will come to the county for any new business from ones who cause the cost to the ones of us who own property. I am “agin it.”