An advertising blitz for July’s transportation sales tax referendum is ramping up across metro Atlanta.
Former Atlanta Mayor Sam Massell, now president of the Buckhead Coalition, says the referendum is the region’s most important since the decision to build MARTA.
“For MARTA I went up in a helicopter over the expressways with a bullhorn saying ‘you want to get out this mess, vote yes.’ This being the Bible Belt I think people thought God was telling them what to do,” said Massell. “I don’t know if I go that far with this but we feel this is not just an improvement, but a necessity.”
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