Mostly False: “There is no Plan B” if the transportation referendum is not passed by voters.
T-SPLOST supporter says options are slim if referendum fails Share this story: “Next month’s monumental voter referendum to increase the sales tax rate to pay for dozens of transportation projects across metro Atlanta has brought up an interesting question. “Can we do this over and come up with another list of projects if the referendum
AJC: The public has no idea where $1B of local TSPLOST money will be spent
Public ‘in the dark’ on T-SPLOST $1B Share of transportation funds for localities does not require project list By Ariel Hart and Paige Cornwell The Atlanta Journal-Constitution “The battle over how the region would spend $6.14 billion to fix metro Atlanta’s transportation quagmire is in full roar. “Little noticed in the din: $1.08 billion in
Debate Over Transportation Tax on 11Alive
video11-Alive VideoSunday, June 17, 2012, 11Alive News Bob Ross, Transportation Leadership Coalition, discusses the cons of the projects list. David Stockert, CEO Post Properties, takes on the pro-tax side. Stockert is also Chairman of Citizens for Transportation Mobility, an affiliate with the Georgia Chambers of Commerce which also goes by the name of Untie Atlanta
T-SPLOST advocates should be panicking right about now
The results of the Georgia Pundit online survey are in: “More than 78% of respondents in our online survey indicated that they will vote against the T-SPLOST on July 31st. While this is not by any means a random-sample, the heavy skewing of our readership toward conservative and Republican activists mean it has value for
Q & A on Northwest Corridor project with Gov Deal
If Governor Deal is against public – private partnerships, which Senator Saxby Chambliss also says he is against, then why are both of them proponents of TIA/T-SPLOST? Q. Any possible pitfalls that might hang this project up? A. We hope not. Obviously we determined that the original (public-private partnership) concept was not something that I
Johns Creek Mayor on TSPLOST – Tax is not more Tax
Johns Creek Mayor Mike Bodker, Fulton County Commission Chairman John Eaves, and others talk TSPLOST for North Fulton during the one-sided “Wireside Chats” From the Alpharetta, Roswell, and other North Fulton Patch articles: Bodker: “This Tax is not intended to create more tax.” Huh? Read the article: Click Here Chairman Eaves discussed how the tax
