Mayor David Pennington on T-SPLOST: Leadership or Coercion
Friends, The test of true leadership is the trust and respect it inspires. The Regional Transportation Referendum, T-SPLOST, to be decided on July 31st does not past this test. Those we elected to lead lacked the courage to devise a fair and cost effective funding mechanism for state transportation projects. Rather, like a salesman who
THE WRONG TAX AT THE WRONG TIME CHASING THE WRONG SOLUTION
STATE T-SPLOST IT’S THE WRONG TAX AT THE WRONG TIME CHASING THE WRONG SOLUTION THE WRONG TAX It is the wrong tax for several reasons. It is increasing most communities’ sales tax from 7% to 8%. Atlanta could go to 9%. When you couple this with a state income tax of 6% the
