State could freeze tax breaks

Property tax breaks could be frozen in the face of Georgia's deepening budget woes. Governor Sonny Perdue could halt a $428 million dollar grant program. Today he called the grants "ineffective." Perdue said rather than providing homeowners with tax relief, they have worked to fatten up local governments. The Republican did acknowledged the issue is "politically nuclear" for legislators who, unlike him, are facing re-election this fall.