By Ernie Suggs
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta News
July 7, 2010
The Atlanta City Council on Tuesday approved a plan to seek federal funds for the installation of a $72 million streetcar system along the lower half of downtown, at the same time offering a stern budgetary warning -- slow down the spending.
“I am going to vote for it and hold my nose,” Councilman C.T. Martin said. “We really need to find some money and we need to stop spending money until we get some relief on this debt.”
Yolanda Adrean, who chairs the finance executive committee, reiterated her concerns offered during the recent passage of the city's $559 million budget that making commitments such as these were going to prevent Atlanta from taking on viable future projects.
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