"There was a ballot initiative to fund a penny tax that would have supercharged this and a bunch of other transportation initiatives. It was big enough for everyone to get something from it, but the also meant there was something everyone could find to hate. It was defeated resoundingly."
I was in Atlanta on the day of the vote. >From what I remember, the city proper really wanted it and the outlying counties did not. I don't know if it was a good initiative or not. I tend to be skeptical about any project like this. However, if it was actually a good initiative that would not have turned into a fiasco at some point down the road, It's still not surprising that it failed. I imagine there have been initiative after initiative that have passed and amounted to nothing but a source of creating distrust. J - Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - Henry Kissinger Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 4:03 PM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]>wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 10:50 AM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Can you imagine a group saying that maybe taxes should be diverted from > > welfare to a project like the one in Atlanta? > > > > There was a ballot initiative to fund a penny tax that would have > supercharged this and a bunch of other transportation initiatives. It was > big enough for everyone to get something from it, but the also meant there > was something everyone could find to hate. It was defeated resoundingly. > > -Cameron > > ... > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:361444 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
