Algeria (45) 5.2 Usage Preparations for the Olympics lasted more than six years and had an economic impact of at least $5.14 billion Over two million visitors came to Atlanta and approximately 3.5 billion people around the world watched at least part of the games on television Although marred by the tragedy of the Centennial Olympic Park bombing they were a financial success due in part to TV rights contracts and sponsorships at record levels. Source: In 1884 the legislature appropriated one million dollars to build a new State Capitol Construction began October 26 1884 and the building was completed (slightly under budget) and occupied on June 15 1889, 2 Clearcutting Province of Massachusetts Bay established in the 1620s a crown colony 1692; 3 Columbus Muscogee 194,160 Atlanta is the host of the Atlanta Film Festival an Academy Award qualifying international film festival held every April and showcasing a diverse range of independent films including genre films such as horror and sci-fi Other film festivals include the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival the Atlanta Asian Film Festival the Out on Film gay film festival Independent Film Month Atlanta Film Festival 365 Atlanta Underground Film Festival Atlanta International Documentary Film Festival and the Buried Alive horror film fest There is also the Bronzelens Film Festival held every year in Atlanta, 2.4 Quorum 1970 495,039 1.6% Georgia's 2018 total gross state product was $602 billion for years Georgia as a state has had the highest credit rating by Standard & Poor's (AAA) and is one of only 15 states with a AAA rating If Georgia were a stand-alone country it would be the 28th largest economy in the world based on data from 2005.
2018 Estimate Geographically remote from each other the northern and southern sections of the county have grown increasingly at odds over issues related to taxes and distribution of services Residents of the affluent areas of North Fulton have increasingly complained that the Fulton County Board of Commissioners has ignored their needs taking taxes collected in North Fulton and spending them on programs and services in less wealthy South Fulton in 2005 responding to pressure from North Fulton the Georgia General Assembly directed Fulton County alone among all the counties in the state to limit the expenditure of funds to the geographic region of the county where they were collected the Fulton County Commission contested this law known as the "Shafer Amendment" after Sen David Shafer (Republican from Duluth) in a lawsuit that went to the Georgia Supreme Court on June 19 2006 the Court upheld the law ruling that the Shafer Amendment was constitutional, 3 Commentary A red brick and white concrete four-story apartment building with a landscaped courtyard in the foreground, An APD Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor parked by the station at Underground Atlanta. ; Braves manager Bobby Cox retired in 2010 after 25 years of management, Georgia has a progressive income tax structure with six brackets of state income tax rates that range from 1% to 6% in 2009 Georgians paid 9% of their income in state and local taxes compared to the US average of 9.8% of income This ranks Georgia 25th among the states for total state and local tax burden the state sales tax in Georgia is 4% with additional percentages added through local options (e.g special-purpose local-option sales tax or SPLOST) but there is no sales tax on prescription drugs certain medical devices or food items for home consumption. Insect: honey bee The 1995 World Series Commissioner's Trophy on display in the Ivan Allen Jr Braves Museum and Hall of Fame at Turner Field.
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