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Mike Lowry

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Transportation

The Transportation Tax and MARTA

MARTA is a financial albatross that will absorb major portions of the proposed Transportation Sales Tax. We should vote it down.

Transportation

Transportation Sales Tax May Be a Bigger Scam than Bernie Madoff

It appears on close inspection that GDOT may have engineered a financial coup with the T-SPLOST vote.

Politics

Tax Reform and our General Assembly

HB386, the "tax reform" bill has had inadequate study and inadequate public promotion and does irreparable harm to our trust in government.

Transportation

T-SPLOST: The Stealth Tax

The average family in Fulton or DeKalb spends $350 per year on sales taxes for MARTA. We are being asked to double it to $700. Is this a good deal?

Transportation

HOT Lanes on Ga. 400? (in Roswell Patch)

An open house was held Tuesday evening, March 13 regarding plans for toll lanes on Ga. 400 from I-285 to SR 20.

Transportation

Our Legislators Are Afraid of the Speaker and the Governor

Our legislators in the Georgia General Assembly refuse to address the pending disaster known as the T-SPLOST. They are afraid of Speaker David Ralston and Governor Nathan Deal.

Transportation

Mayor Wood's Support of Transit Is Misguided (in Roswell Patch)

Mayor Wood has publicly supported the idea of a new regional transit authority and with it, the implied support of a greatly expanded rail transit system. This is misguided nonsense.

Transportation

ARC 'Regional Snapshot' Doesn't Discuss Projects or Costs

The ARC "Regional Snapshot" concludes that Atlanta’s congestion is costing commuters $924 each. They don’t discuss what they recommend doing about it.

Education

The Board of Education is Out of Control

The education committee of the North Fulton & Friends Tea Party recommends we take a “No” position on ESPLOST IV. Here's why.

Transportation

Debunking the Transportation Myths - Part 2

Some believe that building rail transit will reduce emissions, but not everyone agrees.

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