One thing the candidates in the Statesboro mayoral race — challenger Raymond Harris and incumbent Jonathan McCollar — disagreed on during a candidate forum was the Floating Local Option Sales Tax, or FLOST.

A yes-or-no question on the proposed new 1% property tax to replace revenue from a share of county and city property taxes and proportionally reduce the millage rate is one of two sales tax referendums on the Nov. 4 Bulloch County ballot. The other is the Board of Education's proposed five-year extension of the Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax, or E-SPLOST. For Statesboro resident voters only, the mayoral race appears on the same ballot with those questions. Early voting is now in its third and final week.

Unlike the E-SPLOST, which would continue a penny of tax, the F

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