Long story short, T-SPLOST is some convoluted acronym for some government proposed program that would raise taxes by one percent in several counties surrounding Metro Atlanta, with all those funds supposedly going to a variety of transportation projects that would in theory “un-handcuff” Atlanta from the traffic apocalypse everyone seems to think Atlanta is. The voting for whether or not it would pass was on the 31st.
Well, it failed. Apparently it failed pretty miserably. I am glad it failed.
Now before I get accused for being a Jew and/or a racist, let me explain: I don’t trust government. It has nothing to do with the fact that I don’t want to spend 1% more on everything, not at all. I just don’t believe for a second that the already-suspect government officials of the state, and city of Atlanta won’t be pocketing some of this money somewhere down the line, and it’s on principle that I don’t want them to even have that opportunity. Furthermore, I think I’m smarter than Atlanta traffic; I can work around it, and I don’t want to pay for those who can’t. Apparently, I’m not the only one who feels that way. So I’m glad the program failed.