August 16, 2007
Arthur E. Ferdinand
Tax Commissioner, Fulton County
P.O. Box 105052
Atlanta, GA 30348-5052

Dear Mr. Ferdinand,
I want to bring to your attention the fact that many residents of Fulton County, I assume those living in condos, are paying very low solid waste bills. Mine was 48 cents. I’m not even sure how to correctly write a check for 48 cents. My neighbor’s was 38 cents, and my father-in-law’s was a whopping $3.86. I am concerned about this because it probably cost you, which ultimately means us (the taxpayers), more money administering the bills and assembling the paperwork for collection of the bills than you receive in payment. Not to mention that everyone I referenced above has their waste collected by a private vendor.

Their must be a more efficient system that you can utilize to collect the funds you need each year for solid waste removal, hopefully a system where you collect more money than the post office and pay far less in paper consumption and salaries for someone to log such ridiculous bills.

Sincerely yours,

Jodi Bell-Quinn