Vote for TSPLOST? Not a Chance
Does anybody think the Georgia Department of Transportation deserves one cent of sales tax money? I don't. Here's why
The mid summer elections are coming up, and the weather isn't the only thing that's HOT this July. T-SPLOST, or the Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax, is one issue that has a lot of people fired up this election cycle. With good reason, too...In case you haven't noticed, traffic around here is a mess. Highway 20 in Grayson is a frustrating commute during rush hour, despite the recent ba-jillion dollar widening project. Loganville Chic-fil-A hires an off-duty policeman each day, just so it's customers can make a right turn on 78. That pretty much sums up the traffic situation in the 'Ville. The further west you go, the worse the situation gets. There's literally no way around this fact: Atlanta traffic sucks. Expert …
Finch
11:20 am on Sunday, July 29, 2012
Do people in Gwinnett or Cobb really want to fund the resortation of 18 MARTA projects? Not really. We will continue to move beyond the reach of a beggar city that cannot manage its finances, it's schools and its own transportation problems. It won't be long before Altanta over-reaches and declares that the Metro region now goes to the South Carolina border in order to collect more revenue.The … more ›