Ga., State Sen. Jeff Mullis, R-ChickamaugaROME, Ga.-After weeks of wrangling over how to divide the money from a proposed 1 percent sales tax, the five members of an executive transportation committee voted to approve the project list they say will provide critical infrastructure for the 15-county region in Northwest Georgia.
Their vote came a day after Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal said he wants legislators to consider changing the vote date on the transportation tax from July 2012 to November 2012 during their special session beginning next week.
Sen. Jeff Mullis, R-Chickamauga, attended Thursday’s meeting and said he supports moving the vote date.
“I think the better date and the fairest would be when the most voters show up,” Mullis said. “That would be in the presidential election in November.”
The 30-member Georgia Department of Transportation’s Round Table for Northwest Georgia must approve the projects list before Oct. 15. The projects must also be presented to the public, with public meetings planned in Bartow and Whitfield counties in September.