A poll conducted by Opinion Savvy for
FOX5 Atlanta and Morris News shows little support for the current version of transportation
funding legislation under consideration in the Georgia House of
Representatives. The legislation is overwhelmingly opposed by Republican
respondents to the survey.
The survey asked Georgia voters the following based on print news accounts
of the proposed legislation:
of the proposed legislation:
“What is your opinion of proposed
legislation that would raise $1 billion for transportation in Georgia by
replacing the state sales tax on gasoline and motor fuel with an excise tax of
29.2 cents per gallon and by establishing fees on electric vehicles and
$100 million in
state issued bonds that would provide for $100 million for mass transit in
2016?”
Favor: 22% Oppose: 48%
Undecided: 30%
“The
biggest problem with this proposal as it currently stands is that it has very
little support from GOP voters. Since the legislature is controlled by
Republicans, it will be difficult to pass any bill that resembles this one in
this session. Republicans responded with 60% opposing the legislation and 14%
favoring (the rest unopposed). But even Democratic respondents were split with
only 36% favoring the legislation and the rest either undecided or opposed.”
Source:http://www.myfoxhouston.com/story/28034707/poll-voters-not-in-favor-of-1b-transportation-bill
Comments
The Atlanta Metro project list for the
T-SPLOST was truly awful. Since its
defeat in 2012, we have witnessed many of these worthless projects being
implemented via MARTA and DOT grants with support from ARC and the cronies.
The death blow on that list was the
unsustainable costs in $billions associated with public transit, especially
MARTA train expansion. We believe MARTA should be contained within its
sponsoring entities, DeKalb, Fulton and the City of Atlanta and whoever votes
for it, like Clayton county. We also know that private bus service would work
better and not cost the taxpayers any money.
If the Georgia Legislature wants to know the
voters’ wishes, they need to publish the projects this budget shift would fund.
We believe the extra $1 billion will be wasted on “not solving the problems”.
The Big Problem in Atlanta Metro is I-285 and
the creation of high density transit villages and baseball parks that increase
road congestion. We prefer “urban
sprawl” of subdivisions into Cherokee and Forsyth county.
We don’t believe the hype that we need to
turn into Europe or companies won’t locate here. We also don’t believe the myth that millennials
want to live or could even afford to live in these transit villages. What we
see is immigrants wanting to live in transit villages, because that’s what they
are used to. We really don’t need any
more immigrants in Atlanta. We need the jobs that would be created if
government would get out of the way.
Moving bond funds from education to roads
looks like a good idea. Using all taxes associated with automobiles for roads
and bridges makes sense. Using funds for public transit, corporate welfare and
economic development makes no sense.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader
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