by Lee Jessen

My husband, Peter, and I are very much opposed to this bill. We carefully researched the websites, t-splost.com and www.atlantaregionalroundtable.com, looking at each project. What we found was that very little is planned within the city – filling some potholes on 10th street, a new MARTA for Emory workers (we are strongly against building new infrastructure w/o a maintenance plan), the tourist trolley down Auburn Avenue, some money for the Beltline, but Beltline plans have been virtually dropped in our neighborhood. Here are a few of our points:

  • First of all, I am against this bill because I believe it doesn’t give enough benefit to lower income areas of Atlanta. It is being presented as the only option and our neighborhood doesn’t get anything from it – no Beltline investments, no road improvements, no Moreland Avenue changes, etc. Is it because

    Article source: http://eastatlanta.patch.com/articles/why-we-are-voting-no-on-t-splost

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