Republican Candidates take different stances on TSPLOST
Forum: Westmoreland, Flanegan take different stances on TSPLOST By W. WINSTON SKINNER winston@newnan.com U.S. Rep. Lynn Westmoreland and Chip Flanegan, one of his Republican challengers, highlighted their positions at a Saturday forum — including sharp differences on the upcoming TSPLOST vote. “I didn’t really come here to talk about TSPLOST,” Westmoreland said at the forum
Part 2: Statewide, grassroots group opposes funding proposal
From the Times- Herald, June 10, 2012 By Sarah Fay Campbell (Editor’s note: This is the second package of articles in a two-day series looking at the TSPLOST proposal to be voted on on July 31.) The statewide vote on regional transportation sales taxes is less than two month away, and a statewide, grassroots organization
Opponents outline issues with TSPLOST
Sarah Fay Campbell of the Times-Herald, reports on the flaws of T-SPLOST across the state. They say there’s the question of its constitutionality and its appropriateness. It’s effect on other transportation funding sources. The pre-existing problems with the Georgia Department of Transportation. There’s also the constitutionality of the state treating different regions differently in terms
