Thursday, April 3, 2008
News Arnie Award — Sen. Curt Thompson
Posted by Thomas Wheatley @thomaswheatley on Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 8:07 AM
The Helping Marta Is Smarta Award
[One in a series of accolades doled out to the legislators who managed to do good -- or at least try to -- during this year's legislative session. View the other winners, as well as their more poor-minded colleagues, in this week's CL or online here.]
With lawmakers eyeing reelection in November, many were hesitant to pass any solution to Atlanta’s transportation mess that might remotely sound like a tax increase. So Sen. Curt Thompson, D-Norcross, had the clever idea that counties hugging MARTA’s service areas be allowed to contract for the transit agency’s services and live up to its connectivity potential in the auto-oriented region. His bill made it through the Senate and was struggling at press time to get to the House floor.
(Photo courtesy of the Senate Press Office)
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