{"id":602,"date":"2012-08-01T06:47:45","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T10:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/t-splost-lost.html"},"modified":"2017-03-27T09:21:11","modified_gmt":"2017-03-27T13:21:11","slug":"t-splost-lost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/t-splost-lost.html","title":{"rendered":"T-SPLOST Lost!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Counties: green no, blue yes\" href=\"http:\/\/results.enr.clarityelections.com\/GA\/40378\/94557\/en\/md.html?cid=92300\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b017743d46889970d\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017743d46889970d-pi.jpg\"  alt=\"Counties: green no, blue yes\"  \/><\/a> With\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/results.enr.clarityelections.com\/GA\/40378\/94557\/en\/md.html?cid=92300\">all counties reporting,<\/a> only Bacon, Clinch, Coffee, and Irwin went for T-SPLOST: voters defeated it in Region 11 by 38,514 no votes (58%) to 28,040 Yes (42%) votes.\r\n<p><strong>Update 2017-03-27:<\/strong> And Atkinson, with final tally  38,731 no votes (58%) to 28,217 Yes (42%).\r\nPlus <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2017\/03\/regional-t-splost-agenda-2017-02-28.html\">it&#8217;s back as a regional proposal<\/a>.\r\n<p> Lowndes County voted 2 to 1 against. That&#8217;s the result of hard work by a broad coalition across the political spectrum, including everybody from <a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/07\/wctv-t-splost-pro-and-con-27-july-2012.html\"> Gretchen Quarterman<\/a> to <a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/06\/videos-sgrc-2011-09-19.html\"> Nolen Cox.<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>The only regions to vote Yes were  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/tsplost-results-1483968.html\"> 7-Central Savannah River, 8-River Valley, and 9-Heart of Georgia,<\/a> <strike>all<\/strike> 2 of 3 of them state border regions. Even 12-Coastal rejected T-SPLOST 58% to 42%. Atlanta metro Region 3, the real excuse for the whole failed exercise, resoundingly defeated T-SPLOST by a whopping 63% to 37%.<\/p>\r\n<p>Georgia Sierra Club and Atlanta Tea Party have already drawn up <a href=\"\/blog\/2012\/07\/yes-we-can-make-a-transportation-plan-b-after-voting-down-t-splost.html\"> Plan B for metro Atlanta.<\/a> <a href=\"\/blog\/2011\/06\/75-million-t-splost-for-a-bus-system.html\"> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b017743d4688e970d\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b017743d4688e970d-pi.jpg\"    \/><\/a> How about a Plan B for the entire state, with passenger rail from Atlanta to Valdosta and Savannah, bus systems in every metro area, and airport improvements?<\/p>\r\n<p>-jsq<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With all counties reporting, only Bacon, Clinch, Coffee, and Irwin went for T-SPLOST: voters defeated it in Region 11 by 38,514 no votes (58%) to 28,040 Yes (42%) votes. Update 2017-03-27: And Atkinson, with final tally 38,731 no votes (58%) to 28,217 Yes (42%). Plus it&#8217;s back as a regional proposal. 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