Saturday, April 25, 2009
News Oxendine: Privatizing MARTA should be examined
Posted by Thomas Wheatley @thomaswheatley on Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 7:06 PM
State Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine, a 2010 Republican candidate for governor, sat down with Fox5's Paul Yates in one of the station's series of interviews with gubernatorial hopefuls. The commenters at Peach Pundit are debating Oxendine's position that the government is responsible for providing water to its citizenry.
But it was "The Ox's" comment that cash-strapped MARTA needs to be "reworked" — and that the state should explore privatizing the system — that caught my eye.
(Hat tip to Jim Galloway and Jason Shepard at Peach Pundit)
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While we're at it, why don't we privatize GA 400 and the Perimeter so that the ENTIRE cost of its maintenance can be paid for by those using it through tolls. Honestly, its as if Georgia has used up ALL of its visionary leadership in the last century. The state government today seems stuck in the 1980's when we thought that widening roads and sprawling as far as the eye can see was the way to prosperity. Is it any wonder that the metro has had trouble attracting high paying jobs this decade?
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