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Last Updated on Friday, 9 January 2009 03:20 Written by rslcpol Friday, 9 January 2009 01:59
Voters want their say. Seems smart and fair. And if the opposition doesn’t like the result – they can always go to court and over turn the results. From Atlanta Journal Constitution:
The poll, commissioned by Get Georgia Moving, a big tent advocacy group, did not ask the voters whether they would vote in favor of holding the tax referendum. But Bill Linginfelter, chairman of the transportation committees at the Metro Atlanta and Georgia chambers of commerce, said the meaning of the response was clear. “They just want the right to vote on a plan,” he said. “People are fed up with sitting in traffic. It’s not just a metro Atlanta issue.”
In another question, solid majorities said that travel times in Georgia and urban congestion had gotten so bad that the Legislature needed to “address transportation needs immediately.” Agreeing with that statement were 66.3 percent of Republicans and 73.6 percent of Democrats.