Did Georgia's "Top 3" leaders (Governor Sonny Perdue, Lt. Governor Casey Cagle, and newly-elected Speaker of the House David Ralston) break out their guitars and start singing "Kum-By-Ya" under the "Gold Dome"?!!!

From what I've read in this week's Atlanta Journal-Constitution, they might as well have, given that they have shown "a deliberate, unusual display of unity" regarding statewide transportation funding.

Perdue, Cagle, and Ralston have agreed to back legislation that would allow Georgians, by region, to approve (or disapprove) a 1-cent sales tax dedicated to transportation improvements within their respective regions. Projects to be funded by said tax would be provided on the ballot. At this time, however, neither the Georgia Senate, nor the Georgia House of Representatives, has introduced a specific bill. Furthermore, their proposal would not allow Georgians to vote on said projects until November, 2012.

While I applaud our "Top 3" for uniting behind some kind of proposal for us, Georgia's voters, to decide, the fact that we would have to wait for an additional 2 years seems somewhat ludicrous. There has to be plenty of road improvement and new road projects that the state can put before us voters as soon as the upcoming "mid-term" elections in November of this year. As I have blogged about time and time again, we, Georgia's voters, have been shortchanged way too long on this issue and I urge all our State Senators and Representatives, as well as our "Top 3", to "do the right thing" and let us, Georgia's voters, have our say. Again, I'm not saying that I'd vote for, or against, any proposal put before us... I, as a voter, just want a proposal put before us on Election Day 2010 (not 2012)!!!

That's it for now. Given our unusual amount of snow over at least half of Georgia, I hope y'all are staying warm, safe, and enjoying our "winter wonderland". Thanks for reading and please come back often.

SOURCE:
- "Governor, Legislative Leaders Unite Behind Transportation Plan" - Atlanta Journal-Constitution, February 11, 2010

        

 

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