By SHANNON McCAFFREY
AP Writer
Associated Press News
Athens Banner-Herald
June 15, 2010
ATLANTA — Republican gubernatorial hopeful John Oxendine said Tuesday that as a voter he'll support a transportation funding plan signed into law this year.
But he won't commit to using the bully pulpit as governor to lobby Georgians to get behind it in a 2012 referendum.
"I'm going to have a million things on my plate," Oxendine told about 100 business leaders at a GOP candidate forum sponsored by the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. "I don't know exactly how active I will be in 2012."
His three leading opponents for the Republican nomination — Nathan Deal, Karen Handel and Eric Johnson — all said Tuesday they would use their influence as governor to lobby voters to push the measure through.
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