A coalition opposed to the Cobb transit tax referendum in November will kick off its campaign next weekend in East Cobb.
The Cobb Taxpayers Association announced Tuesday that a number of elected officials and others will be in attendance at the event on Saturday, Sept. 14, from 12-2 p.m. at Grace Resurrection Methodist Church (1200 Indian Hills Parkway).
The group is leading efforts against a 30-year, one-percent sales tax that, if approved by voters, is expected to collect more than $11 billion to expand bus service in Cobb.
Among the projects that would be funded with the tax is the construction of a bus transfer station in the Roswell-Johnson Ferry Road area and the restoration of two bus routes through East Cobb that were eliminated during recession budget cuts
Guest speakers at the kickoff event include:
- Yashica Marshall, candidate for Board of Commissioners, District 4
- Ed Setzler, State Senator
- Bob Barr, former US Congressman, current president of the NRA
- Alicia Adams, candidate for BOC, District 2
- Jim Jess, chairman emeritus, Franklin Roundtable (formerly the Georgia Tea Party)
- Salleigh Grubbs, chair of the Cobb County GOP
- Pam Reardon, candidate for BOC, District 2
- Denny Wilson, South Cobb local political activist
According to the CTA, the event is designed to “get YOU fired up and ready to roll up your sleeves to volunteer in our campaign to defeat this odious tax.”
There will be sign-up sheets for phone-banking, canvassing, distributing leaflets, waving signs at major intersections and putting up yard signs.
“It will give you the opportunity to experience the fact that you are not alone in this fight to save our county,” CTA said in its announcement Tuesday.
Last week, Cobb government unveiled an education page about the referendum that was produced by Kimley-Horn, an Atlanta consulting firm the county is paying $287,000 for outreach efforts, including town halls this fall.
Cobb commissioners voted 3-2 to put the proposed sales tax to a referendum, with three Democratic commissioners voting in favor, and two Republicans opposed.
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- Cobb launches transit tax website for November referendum
- Waterfront Drive closed temporarily for relocation work
- No parking zone established along portion of Clubland Drive
- Cobb approves $7M Lower Roswell Road project
- Cobb voters to decide transit sales tax in November referendum
- East Piedmont Road lane closures in effect due to sewer repairs
- Cobb adopts new policy for traffic-calming in neighborhoods
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