Tag Archives: T-SPLOST

Pro-highway tax group releases its own, more favorable poll numbers

Citizens for Transportation Mobility counters the findings of a WSB-TV poll with its own survey that it says shows the T-SPLOST issue has majority support . . .

Tags: CTM , poll , T-SPLOST , WSB-TV

Metro Atlanta poll shows low support for T-SPLOST

New poll commissioned by WSB-TV shows the T-SPLOST issue is tanking among suburban voters in the Metro Atlanta region . . .

Tags: July 31 referendum , Metro Atlanta , T-SPLOST , transportation tax

Political Notes – Cagle, a longtime opponent of tax increases, now backs a tax increase

The T-SPLOST referendum has even turned Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle into a politician who supports tax hikes . . .

Tags: Casey Cagle , FDIC , Lynn Westmoreland , payday lending , Sam Olens , structured transactions , T-SPLOST , transportation sales tax

Political Notes — T-SPLOST supporters digging into some very deep pockets

The promoters of the T-SPLOST highway tax referendums are hitting up contributors for some very big donations to the cause . . .

Tags: cutting red tape , Doug Callaway , Frank Poe , fundraising , Georgia Democratic Party , Nathan Deal , Russell Edwards , T-SPLOST , World Congress Center

Sierra Club joins Tea Parties in opposing transportation tax

Sierra Club’s Georgia Chapter will oppose the July 31 vote on the T-SPLOST transportation tax . . .

Tags: Colleen Kiernan , hank johnson , July 31 referendum , Sierra Club , T-SPLOST , Tea Party

Deal proposes 3 business tax cuts

Gov. Nathan Deal proposes some modest tax breaks for businesses to help generate more economic development in Georgia . . .

Tags: energy tax elimination , job tax credits , Nathan Deal , Savannah harbor dredging , T-SPLOST

Political Notes – Gingrich concedes defeat in Iowa

Newt Gingrich has slid from the top to the middle of the pack among Republican presidential hopefuls, and concedes that he will lose in the Iowa caucuses . . .

Tags: Bill Evelyn , Ed Jenkins , Iowa caucuses , Mitt Romney , Newt Gingrich , Republican primaries , socialism , T-SPLOST , Tea Party

Regions finalize project lists for transpo tax votes

The project lists for the transportation tax referendums to be held in 2012 have now been finalized in each of the state’s 12 districts . . .

Tags: regional roundtables , sales tax increase , T-SPLOST , transportation infrastructure

Chamber hires Callaway to head transportation group

Georgia Chamber of Commerce hires a veteran highway lobbyist from Florida to head up its campaign for passage of the T-SPLOST transportation tax . . .

Tags: Chris Clark , Doug Callaway , Georgia Chamber of Commerce , T-SPLOST

Political Notes – There’ll be a crowded ballot in this Senate race

Qualifying opens today for the special election to replace Mitch Seabaugh in the Georgia Senate; Chancellor Hank Huckaby is hoping for a return to full funding for the University System . . .

Tags: Casey Cagle , Doug Stoner , Hank Huckaby , Hunter Hill , Mitch Seabaugh , Senate District 28 , special election qualifying , T-SPLOST , University System