Politics & Government

Northeast Cobb Speaks: TSPLOST Campaign

Part 2 of the pro-sales-tax campaign kicked off Wednesday. What do you think?

Citizens for Transportation Mobility held a news conference in Buckhead Wednesday to unveil its campaign urging voters in Cobb and nine other counties in metro Atlanta to approve the July 31.

β€œTraffic is killing jobs. Let’s untie the knot,” the new commercial says, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, which got a preview.

Unlike the of the campaign for the , the new push makes no effort to hide its desired outcome: approval of the tax.

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The tax would provide an estimated $6.14 billion for a list of regional road and transit projects, plus about $1 billion in Cobb-specific projects.

Opponents of the tax lack the money and organization of the proponents but .

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What do you think? Are you open to persuasion by TV ads and mailed pamphlets? Have you made up your mind? Let us know in the comments below.


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