Officials: Economic Future Depends on TSPLOST
Jason O'Rourke with Connect Georgia and Paulding County DOT Director Scott Greene told local business leaders that passage of the upcoming Transportation Investment Act Referendum is crucial to the state's and Paulding's future.
The road to stronger businesses and more jobs in Georgia could depend on voters approving a sales tax this summer. That was the theme of the April 17 Cobb EMC Power Breakfast held at Paisano’s in Dallas. The event, put on by the Paulding County Chamber of Commerce, centered on the Transportation Investment Act referendum. Speaking at the breakfast were Jason O’Rourke, political director for Connect Georgia, and Paulding County Department of Transportation Director Scott Greene. “We’re running out of gas—we just don’t have the funding necessary on the state level and from the federal sources to continue to build roads like we used to,” said O’Rourke, whose presentation focused on the money needed to fix the state’s transportation problems …
PhenomAnon
10:19 pm on Monday, May 7, 2012
We can already get everywhere we need to go. Just fix the roads we already have and quit draining the citizens of our hard earned money. You bunch of MOOCHERS! more ›