Politics & Government

TSPLOST Debate Set for NE Cobb

Your chance to ask questions and hear the pros and cons of the regional transportation sales tax is coming this month.

One of the most interesting events in the run-up to the 2011 referendum on the was the .

Now we have a chance for something similar in Northeast Cobb for the TSPLOST referendum July 31.

The will be the site May 29 for a on the proposed 1 percent, 10-year, regional sales tax for transportation projects.

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A will decide the referendum, so even if , it could go into effect.

The debate, organized by state 44th House District candidate JoEllen Smith of Northeast Cobb, will pit MAVEN representative Steve Labovitz of the McKenna Long & Aldridge law firm against longtime transportation advocate Ron Sifen.

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The meeting will start at 7 p.m. the day after Memorial Day, exactly nine weeks before the referendum.

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