Post by Oscar Knight on Feb 7, 2013 12:13:10 GMT -6
Abdul-Salaam and other supporters want Clayton County Commissioners to give voters a chance to decide whether they should pay an extra penny on every dollar to fund those routes — and potentially expand heavy rail or even build commuter rail lines. But Salaam stresses that county officials need to take action.
It receives no support from the state, but receives “oversight” in the form of restrictions on how much (or how little) of fare box revenue can be used to fund operations and maintenance. As such, the system remains cash strapped by design, choked of the ability to correct many known inherent flaws, all the while serving as something corrupt suburban public officials can point to when they need a scapegoat to redirect the ire of an irate public searching for examples of public corruption.
It receives no support from the state, but receives “oversight” in the form of restrictions on how much (or how little) of fare box revenue can be used to fund operations and maintenance. As such, the system remains cash strapped by design, choked of the ability to correct many known inherent flaws, all the while serving as something corrupt suburban public officials can point to when they need a scapegoat to redirect the ire of an irate public searching for examples of public corruption.
......The added bonus to this, is the fact that the few that wants this, probably has very little equity in our county.