In an article in the Atlanta Business Chronicle legislation is being introduced, again, to let us vote by region for transportation infrastructure improvements through local taxation. No one likes more taxes. But no one likes the prospect of traffic in Atlanta getting worse.
Unless your House Speaker Glen Richardson. Richardson opposes the idea of a regional approach to traffic instead proposing a statewide approach telling the ABC, “Let’s look at fixing transportation in Atlanta, Savannah, Augusta, Macon, Valdosta, you pick the area. Okay I will. ATLANTA, ATLANTA, ATLANTA! You can put the entire population of Valdosta into Turner Field! You can put the entire population of “metropolitan” Valdosta in the Georgia World Congress Center! And still have parking! No disrespect intended towards the “Azalea City” but I smell pork. And I know they used to have a great barbecue contest down yonder in Moultrie. But that’s not the kinda’ pork I smell and I’m not a “Packer backer.” Atlanta is the economic engine that drives the state. Glen Richardson doesn’t speak for me. Nor does he speak for the majority of people and businesses doin’ bid’ness in metropolitan Atlanta, the population of which would need about 100 Turner Fields. Let the people decide. Let them vote on a constitutional amendment. We don’t have time anymore to stop and smell the Azaleas in Lowndes County. Except maybe in March during the festival, if there’s not too much traffic trying to get outta’ Atlanta.
