By Ariel Hart
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia Politics
September 22, 2010
Atlanta City Council members concerned about MARTA’s treatment in a possible transportation tax are planning to hold a town hall.
In 2012 the ten-county Atlanta region will likely vote in a referendum on a list of transportation projects in the region, and on a ten-year 1 percent sales tax to pay for them.
But the law that set up the referendum (HB 277) will not allow MARTA’s existing transit system to receive operations funding from the tax. MARTA leaders have decried that provision since it singles out MARTA, while the state has more than 120 taxpayer-funded transit systems.
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