I was off this past week and I went to the county courthouse and did early primary voting that started Monday. I also got an application for a mail-in ballot for the general election in November, since the polls close at 7 so there is no way to make it home in time. I voted against T-SPOST, I think that you have to be insane to vote to raise sales taxes on yourself. Our state Dept. of Transportation is a joke, they need to fire everybody in it and start over. The politicians and real estate developers are behind this, they are investing big money into this so that they will make a bundle later on. A lot of big employers are pushing this too, I can see where UPS will benefit from freeing highways to keep our vehicles moving.
Basically, they want to add an extra penny to the sales tax to improve transportation in my area. Something like 60-65% of the money raised from my county will be used to study a rapid rail line for a county on the other side of Atlanta from me. There will be no real benefit for my county. We already pay property taxes for county road work and the gas sales taxes are supposed to help with the interstate system. We have one toll road in the state, the toll booths were supposed to come down years ago when it was paid for. Guess what? The toll booths are still up, they just use the money on something else now. I never believe anything that any politician promises, I don't believe them on this. The traffic in Atlanta is terrible in some places, something needs to be done. I just don't think this is it.
