Vote No on T-SPLOST

Vote No on T-SPLOST in July 2012. The T-SPLOST final list does little to alleviate road traffic congestion. With half the $6.1 billion going to public transit, It’s a MARTA bail-out. MARTA spends $750 million a year, takes in $120 million in revenue and gets the other $630 million in tax subsidies. Their “sugar daddy” has been the federal government, but all that will end; they’re broke. Public transit only goes where it goes and that hasn’t been where most of us need to go.

The Transportation Investment Act of 2010 appears to violate the Georgia Constitution and challenges are underway. The Cobb rail study has not been done and it along with other projects on the List are noncompliant with TIA’s own specifications. In short, it’s as big a mess as the Toll Lanes. It deserves a NO Vote in July.

Let each county do its job and fix its own roads. Let MARTA go private. Let Atlanta build its own tourist attractions with its own money. Extend U.S. 29 to connect with I-75 and I-85 to serve as an Atlanta bi-pass. Or, wait for the EU and U.S. debt meltdowns and the dollar crash when unemployment will go to 50%. The roads will be as empty as a MARTA bus in Dunwoody.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader