Wednesday, September 21, 2005

OPEN LETTER TO TAX COMMISSIONER

Dear Brenda,

It's time to automate your
department. After the recent
debacle re: timber taxes and need
for Camden County and the
School District to re-advertise
the public hearings for millage
rate, it is clear. The volume
of work is too large to continue
to be done by hand.

What is astonishing to me is that
your department, the entire
School Board and the entire
Board of Commissioners
(including me) and the professional
staffs that served them did not
pick up an $11,000,000.00 error.

It was Denise Taylor that brought
it to my attention. After she did
so I got the wheels turning.

I urge you to evaluate the situation
and come to the Commission with
a supplemental budget to fully
automate your department. This
will be such a convenience for
yourself and the public. Just
imagine the public being able to
pay directly to the state via your
website.

Sincerely,

Sandy Feller
County Commissioner
District 4

"Working for the future without forgetting the past"