Catoosa County • Georgia House District 3

Know Your Government.
Change Your Government.

A civic education project from the Spear for Georgia campaign. Plain language. Real numbers. No spin required.

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Civic Learning Tools

These tools are built for HD3 voters who want to understand the real systems and decisions behind the issues that affect daily life in Catoosa County — regardless of how you vote.

Ballot Measure • FLOST
Understanding FLOST
A 1% sales tax on the Catoosa ballot this November that must be spent cutting county and city property taxes. See what it actually does, what it costs you, and what it saves you, side by side.
Interactive Walkthrough →
Public Record • HD3 Race
A Public Ethics Complaint Against My Opponent
A formal ethics complaint was filed against Mitchell Horner and has become part of the public record. Read the complaint, download the source documents, and see what's changed in his disclosure reports since it was filed.
Complaint & Source Documents →
Campaign Finance
Follow the Money.
Enter your address to see real fundraising and spending totals for every candidate on your ballot, from Congress down to the State House, plus who's funding them, then learn how the whole system works, including the money nobody has to disclose at all.
Interactive Address Lookup →
School Funding • QBE Formula
Your Schools. Your Money. Your Funding Gap.
Enter your home's value and see exactly what you contribute to Catoosa County school funding, what the state formula takes back, and what it would actually cost to close the gap.
Interactive Calculator →
Redistricting
Who Draws Georgia?
An interactive guide to redistricting in Georgia. Who draws the district lines, how the process works, what the law requires, and what it means for your representation in the General Assembly and in Congress.
whodrawsgeorgia.com ↗ →
Property Taxes • School Funding
Two Tax Bills. One Big Gap.
HB 30 cut $3 million from Catoosa County school funding. HB 36EX offers property tax relief that, by law, cannot go to schools. This explainer breaks down what each bill actually does, why the school board is now proposing a millage increase, and the risks hidden in the LHOST structure.
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About This Project
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About This Project
Each tool is designed to explain how something actually works — in plain language, grounded in local numbers — and contrast it with what most people assume. The goal isn't to tell you how to vote. It's to give you the information you need to decide for yourself. Democracy works better when people understand the systems they're operating in.