Sonny Perdue to Atlanta public transit users: Drop Dead

[marmar]

from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:



Atlanta protesters demand MARTA fix
Transit agency has threatened to cut service if funding issues not solved

By ARIEL HART
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Wednesday, April 08, 2009


State legislators and MARTA advocates rallied Wednesday to voice fury at the state’s leadership for inaction that could lead to severe service cuts for MARTA trains and buses.

At Five Points Station in downtown Atlanta, they called on leaders to hold a special session of the Legislature, or for Gov. Sonny Perdue to impose an emergency fix.

Neither option seems viable to Perdue, according to recent statements from Perdue and his staff.

“We are here, most of us, today to go before our Republican pharaohs and say, ‘Let our money go!’” said Rep. Roger Bruce (D-Atlanta).

The Legislature adjourned Friday without freeing up MARTA’s access to its own money. MARTA officials say they will be forced to close a budget gap with drastic measures, perhaps shutting down all service one day a week.

MARTA gets more than half its revenues from a sales tax levied in Fulton and DeKalb counties, and those revenues fell as the economy soured. ..........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2009/04/08/marta_funding_protest.html?cxntlid=homepage_tab_newstab

[taterguy]

1. Meanwhile they'll spend far more money on roads

I'm sorry but any "fiscal conservative" who doesn't support alternatives to automobile usage is a big flaming hypocrite.

That's one of the biggest wastes of government money.

[zbdent]

2. strangely, that's the same sentiment they show to the poor with no health care ...

[Dawgs]

3. The republicans in this state do shit like this daily.

And my neighbors keep electing them.