Friday, February 8, 2008
News State House introduces transportation bill ... and it ain't the same as the Senate's
Posted by Thomas Wheatley @thomaswheatley on Fri, Feb 8, 2008 at 9:03 PM
As you read earlier, the state Senate introduced legislation that would allow counties to levy a penny sales tax on themselves to fund transportation projects. From Dick Pettys, the soft-spoken info overlord at InsiderAdvantage:
Meanwhile, a counter-proposal was introduced in the House on Friday that would impose a statewide 1 percent sales tax increase dedicated to transportation funding. The bill was sponsored by Rep. Vance Smith, the House transportation chairman. Rep. Ben Harbin, the House Appropriations chairman, was a co-sponsor.
This is the same strategy that's been peddled by a lot of the pro-road groups, such as Georgians for Better Transportation. There's a misnomer if there ever was one.
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