Recreation and ATAX funding

Dear Editor,

The county government does not have a recreation department, but it sets aside and allocates $300,000 a year to local recreation efforts — $50,000 for each of the six council districts. For example, in the recent past, the council allocated $25,000 to Six Mile Recreation, $4,600 to the Special Olympics, $30,000 for Jaycee Park playground equipment and $25,000 for the cafeteria rehab at the Pickens Senior Center.

Recreation is considered anything that gets people out and about.

Let me tell you a bit about some of the allocations in the Pickens area. The council gives

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