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Despite this summer’s failure of the regional T-SPLOST referendum, there’s still one place where big new mass transit plans are cooking: the city of Atlanta
After T-SPLOST defeat, transit plans slowed, but not stopped Street car line under construction, private funding eyed for other projects ajc.com, 01/03/2013
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Will defeat of T-SPLOST kill Falcons stadium deal?
I wish I could say yes, but it appears fairly obvious that the stadium few want and no one, save Arthur Blank, needs is going to be built.
We're talking $300 million -- money that could go towards funding the Beltline and synchronizing the city's traffic lights.
Mayor Kasim Reed has been an enthusiastic advocate for a new stadium. Changing course in order to fund more pressing priorities would speak highly of his stewardship.
Damn you Georgia Tea Party!!!
Shut the fuck up about T-Splost. Seriously, oh and thanks for your part in killing the best thing to have happened to this state since the Olympics. We need to deal with our transportation problem today, not tomorrow. By the way have you idiots even contributed an alternative idea? And is a 1 cent sales tax that bad anyway? I'm ready to pay for it if it means we're all not stuck in traffic and we'll have new Marta routes and the repairs the system needs. And I'll absolutely scream when they increase fare again next year!!! But no, a 1 percent sales and the old fear that more Marta routes means more black people in your neighborhoods which somehow means more crime has once again kept this state from progressing on an issue it's needed to fix for decades. So enjoy the crippling traffic, crumbling roads, and ridiculously small and undeveloped Marta system. I hope you guys find a good use for those pennys you saved...
Radio Summer Blog, Day #33: Public Radio Royalty
We had our official rendezvous with the president of NPR today. He talked to us about the future of NPR's member stations, diversity, support for public broadcasting, Sesame Street, and a whole lot of things I can't blog about yet for PR reasons. I asked him if he had any ideas about how to attract younger audiences to NPR. He named two secret weapons: 1) bringing radio to their iProducts and 2) NPR Music. Which I thought was pretty apt. At the end of our conference, my boss asked what he said was the question everyone wanted to ask but wouldn't: "Are Bert and Ernie gay?" And the president of NPR said, "They're not gay, and they're not straight--they're puppets. They don't exist below the waist."
Today marked the end of our obsessive coverage of T-SPLOST--the transportation sales tax referendum that would have raised tons of money for projects to improve Atlanta transportation, created loads of jobs, and cost only a 1% tax increase. It's been in the headlines for a solid entire summer. A couple members of the news crew were at the station until 3 AM last night getting the last stories finished as the votes were tallied up. And this morning, we found out about 60% of voters voted against T-SPLOST, so Atlanta will continue to not be a real city and will probably lose me to New York after graduation. Congrats, y'all! Sincerely, #informedindignance
I'm not in the A, but I voted against it because I don't trust government officials to really spend the money how it's supposed to be spent. I think they'll find the money in my area, if they really need it. SN: I have no idea why the Tea Party is getting so much play with this story. There are plenty of people who are against it who have no affiliation with the group. I have no comments about them one way or another.
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I voted Yes on T-SPLOST because I thought it was our best chance for initiating major change. However, there were serious issues with it (regressive tax, environmental impact, etc). Hopefully we can keep the momentum going enough to make better options available soon. I want to see rail on the Beltline before 2030. I want MARTA to expand rail service to South East Dekalb, and lower fares. I want safety measures like bike lanes implemented wherever possible.
I want our city to do better. We just can't stop here.
Keep your government hands off my roads!
Shirley Tondee, a Brookhaven Republican, thinks the region must do something to solve constant transportation woes. But she voted against the T-SPLOST anyway. "I just don't trust that government is going to take the money and do what they say they're going to do," the retired sales representative said outside her precinct.
If not the government, then who?
Score one for the Tea Party and their Republican enablers in the Atlanta-hatin' General Assembly.
Shouts out to @staciijae @kasimreed TODAY VOTE YES
— Ludacris (@Ludacris) July 31, 2012
