claim: "the voting public had no say" in the atlanta region’s proposed transportation project list.
author: lights for liberty
evidence_1: "if atlanta's not the region that we want, the young energetic people that drove ...  is going to take the money and do what they say they're going to do," the retired  sales ... controversy built instantly around the proposed expansion of mass transit . ... of elected officials who voted for the t-splost law or for the project list had ...
evidence_2: feb 23, 2018 ... a new 40-year, $2.5 billion transportation sales tax had been passed. ... the rail- heavy proposed project list behind a proposed transportation ... here's the truth  about rail in metro atlanta: the region does not have the ... we say they need  more time. ... georgia public policy foundation (february 23, 2018).
evidence_3: as transit initiatives gain momentum in other metro atlanta counties, many cobb  ... saddled with sole responsibility for facilitating a public discussion on whether  more ... would have the final say over the project lists that counties submit to  voters. ... that would mean other parts of cobb would not see transit expansion,  but the ...
evidence_4: aug 14, 2012 ... atlanta-area voters rejected a one-cent tax for transit projects. ... by now, the  narrative is well-known: the tax failed spectacularly, with 62.3 of voters saying "no . ... the vote was succesful in the three regions was because the lists were kept ...  by the private sector, and public officials were not vocal supporters.
evidence_5: recent polling by the atlanta journal-constitution has indicated that ... state  leaders are none too keen on public transportation either, and in ... in reduced  travel times, the project list as a whole was not paired with ... back proposal,  focusing on the region's core counties, that leveraged ...