(Railfanning.org) — Voters in two metro Atlanta counties defeated proposals to increase the sales tax to fund transit.
In Cobb County, about 63% of voters rejected a Mobility Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (M-SPLOST) that would have raised roughly $11 billion over three decades. In Gwinnett County, roughly 53% of voters rejected a similar Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (T-SPLOST), a 1%, 30-year sales tax projected to raise $17 billion.
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