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Town Hall on TSPLOST set

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Walter Geiger
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Tuesday, April 17. 2012
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In July, our 10 county region will vote on a Transportation SPLOST to approve a 1% sales tax to fund transportation projects within our region.

The Lamar County Transportation Committee will be hosting two town hall informational meetings and you are invited to participate. The meetings will be held April 19, 2012 and May 24, 2012 at 7 p.m. at the civic center.

Do you have a question that is not answered here? Please submit your question in writing by either fax (770-358-5886), posting your question on this blog, or send by email to missykendrick@bellsouth.net.

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#1 Fed Up on 04/12/12 at 09:44 AM
Of course, lets go out to the money tree in our back yards and give the government more of our money to throw away. How much will be enough? You've already mortgaged our children's children. How about this, you learn to do with less like all the rest of us have had to do!
#2 Don Butts on 04/12/12 at 12:23 PM
I have not had a raise in 4 years and counting, but in that time, the legislature has again raised taxes, the county has raised taxes and fees, we had a new E-splost and now they want a new T-splost. Blood from a stone?
#3 Somebody's Grandma on 04/12/12 at 03:18 PM
Decisions, decisions, decisions - Higher taxes or lousy roads...
#4 Yeu Kno Hu on 04/13/12 at 07:12 AM
Or, hmmm....more responsible spending of the money they are already taking from us...
#5 Fed Up on 04/17/12 at 02:11 PM
Oh, and BTW they said if we passed the e-splost they wouldn't raise the millage rate but since we hired a new coach now we need MORE money, so we will have to raise the millage rate just like they did in pike county. I say tar and feather the lot of them from the ground up to the very top.
#6 Missy Kendrick on 04/17/12 at 02:38 PM
The Transportation Committee welcomes your comments and feedback on this Transportation SPLOST. There is much "misinformation" out there about this and we want to provide you with the correct information so that you can make an educated decision about the value of the SPLOST.

We will record your questions and provide answers and then post those to the Lamar County website: www.lamarcountyga.com
#7 Call N Alcars on 04/17/12 at 02:45 PM
"The other 75% of the money collected is designated for specific projects chosen by the roundtable. Our project is the widening of Highway 36 from Upson County to I-75."

WHY?...I repeat, WHY? ..Why does Highway 36 need to be widened?
I drive this road everyday and traffic moves smoothly. This will be a multi-year project that will take a lot of private property to be used as right-of-way. Is there an expected housing boom or giant industrial development expected in the future?
I have noticed an increase in large garbage haulers that are probably coming down from Atlanta to unload their trash in some country landfill south of Thomaston. Truck traffic will increase and some housing will be taken.
VOTE NO on this future money pit boondoggle. I want to know WHY the Region 4 Reps chose this particular endeavor to spend money yet to be raised instead of other projects. I see a hidden agenda lurking behind this project. As I always say about government "improvement", NIMBY! Vote NO....Vote NO on TSPLOST!!

Call N. Alcars
"bring back the Model-T and leave our Hwy 36 alone"
#8 Missy Kendrick on 04/18/12 at 10:10 AM
As I understand the above, the question is, "Why 36"?

Transportation is consistently in the top 3 location factors for companies looking to expand into a new area through a new location or a relocation. It is not by mistake that economic development occurs along the routes of major transportation. Companies want to get their product to market as quickly and efficiently as possible, and if they are trucking - that means getting it to the Interstate. Highway 36 is our route to Interstate 75 and by providing better access to the Interstate, our community leaders are positioning Lamar County to attract jobs and investment. And by passing the Transportation SPLOST, everyone who passes through Lamar County and buys something along the way will contribute to this improved access - not just property owners through an increase in property taxes.
#9 Jeff Cleveland on 04/18/12 at 06:10 PM
So are you saying that if the T-Splost is not passed, Hwy 36 will be widened anyways? And at the expense of the taxpayers?
#10 Sheila Tolley on 04/20/12 at 11:22 AM
Sad but true:

The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.
Thomas Jefferson
#11 Sheila Tolley on 04/20/12 at 11:23 AM
Let's just pave the whole damn world!
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