By Jeff Gill
The Gainesville Times
July 26, 2010
BRASELTON — A pair of Oakwood officials criticized the state’s new plan for a penny sales tax for transportation at a Monday night meeting of Hall County’s municipal leaders.
“This is a just a new way to fund the (Georgia Department of Transportation) and put the responsibility on the local elected officials,” said City Councilman Gary Anderson of the Transportation Investment Act of 2010.
“So if it doesn’t work, then it’s all our fault,” Anderson said. “... This is a fiasco. I think we need to tell our legislators this is crazy.”
Mayor Lamar Scroggs, also addressing the issue before the Joint Municipal Association, said the issue already has triggered a broad range of issues and questions among government leaders in Northeast Georgia.
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