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Old 09-15-2014, 06:33 AM
 
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Just to clear something up. When MARTA was first established Cobb was the only county to decline. Gwinnett and Clayton didn't want to pay the tax.
My recollection is that all three were strongly against it.
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Old 09-15-2014, 06:36 AM
 
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Great. $0 State dollars for MARTA but GDOT is going to build Cobb a BRT line? If Cobb doesn't want to invest in transit that is their call. But don't turn around and take my tax dollars to build transit in Cobb.
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Old 09-15-2014, 06:38 AM
 
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My recollection is that all three were strongly against it.


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In 1965 the Georgia General Assembly voted to create MARTA, the mass transit system for the City of Atlanta and the five core metro counties: Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, and Gwinnett. Cobb voters rejected MARTA, while it got approval from the city and the four other counties.
Where It All Went Wrong - Atlanta Magazine
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Old 09-15-2014, 06:43 AM
 
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Great. $0 State dollars for MARTA but GDOT is going to build Cobb a BRT line? If Cobb doesn't want to invest in transit that is their call. But don't turn around and take my tax dollars to build transit in Cobb.
My thoughts exactly.
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Old 09-15-2014, 06:46 AM
 
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That was for the creation of MARTA, though, wasn't it?

When it came down to deciding whether to actually join MARTA, both Gwinnett and Clayton voted 4-1 against it.

Fulton and DeKalb weren't exactly turning backflips in favor of it either.
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Old 09-15-2014, 06:54 AM
 
Location: Atlanta, GA
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Cobb is so backwards. And why does the rest of the metro/state have to foot the bill for this?
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Old 09-15-2014, 06:58 AM
 
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That was for the creation of MARTA, though, wasn't it?

When it came down to deciding whether to actually join MARTA, both Gwinnett and Clayton voted 4-1 against it.
Correct. That is what demonta4 was saying.
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Old 09-15-2014, 06:59 AM
 
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Okay, I see.

I think the opposition in Clayton and Gwinnett was about more than just paying the tax, though.
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Old 09-15-2014, 09:45 AM
 
Location: Decatur, GA
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Technically, the state already funds suburban commuter service through the Xpress service. But they shouldn't fund a plan as terrible as this one. If Cobb wants to mess around and only let BRT into the county, fine, let them pay for it, but I wouldn't be opposed to the state funding HRT or Commuter Rail into Cobb county.
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Old 09-16-2014, 06:49 AM
 
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Cobb is so backwards. And why does the rest of the metro/state have to foot the bill for this?
It's the Cobb County way. Cobb County couldn't have happened without federal spending - no interstate system, no billions of dollars a year to Lockheed-Martin, no Fannie and Freddie backed mortgages with tax-deductible interest, no Cobb.
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