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Thursday, May 3, 2012

Voters Guide to the Georgia TSPLOST: Viewpoints

Dave Williams, former Suwanee mayor, and Ron Williams of the Georgia Taxpayers Alliance voice their views on T-SPLOST.

Updated 1:00 p.m., May 3 Second of two articles. Suwanee Patch asked former Suwanee mayor Dave Williams and the Gwinnett Coordinator for Georgia Taxpayers Alliance, Ron Williams, to answer three essential questions about their viewpoints. What are the positions of the supporters for the tax? Dave Williams, now VP of Transportation at the Metro Atlanta Chamber, supports the tax. “Staying put is not a recipe for success long-term,” says Williams. “We have to help ourselves, and we can’t depend on money from Washington. This is a way to fund needed transportation investments without debt.” Williams also mentions that other regions the Atlanta metro area competes with for businesses and jobs have already started taking measures like this, …

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Voters Guide to the Georgia TSPLOST

Mark Sanders

5:55 pm on Friday, May 18, 2012

I am a Conyers resident who used to live in East DeKalb county. I am against the T-SPLOST for many reasons. 1. No rail lines to be built anywhere south, east, or west of Metro Atlanta: How can supporters of this plan call this "fair" when many area south of the region are being left out? I find it absolutely absurd that funding for rails lines cannot be equally distributed in all regions in Metro…   more ›

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Voters Guide to the Georgia TSPLOST

Gwinnett residents will vote on a transportation referendum on July 31, with a 1 percent sales tax at stake.

First of two articles. What is the T-SPLOST? The Transportation Investment Act of 2010 (TIA 2010) established 12 transportation tax regions in the state of Georgia. Each region can impose a 1 percent sales tax, with voter approval, to fund transportation projects within the region boundaries. On July 31, 2012 registered voters in Georgia will cast ballots to designate if their region will introduce a Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (TSPLOST) for 10 years (2013-2022). Suwanee voters will vote at their regular Gwinnett County polling precincts (not City Hall.) -- What are your feelings on the T-SPLOST? Tell us in the comments below. Last year each district received input from the Georgia Department of Transportation, …

Phil Rach

2:00 pm on Friday, July 6, 2012

Why is nobody explaining the impact of taking $19 billion out of Georgians' pockets? It's obvious that if one job (for one year) is created by every $37,000 in such additional tax revenues collected, then for every $37,000 taken out of Georgians' pockets, one current job will be destroyed. That also has a multiplier effect such that perhaps there will actually be NO NEW NET JOBS CREATED. Phil …   more ›

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