"The Georgia Chamber of Commerce had 8 million dollars to play with for those ads. Not sure A) where that money originated from or B) if there was more."
Makes sense. "Lots of corporate HQs are in Atlanta. They all have huge productivity losses as a result of traffic problems and lack of access to transit. " You have to take the good with the bad. If you choose to be head quartered in Atlanta, you know what you are getting. "This particularly impacts companies who employ low wage earners, who may not even own a car. I am not 100% who funded the ads, but my guess would be that these companies did." Probably. "This is a case where the market forces are driving companies to push for something that is socially good. Libertarianism, Free Markets, all that - I see that at work here." Good luck with that. I can see a lot of voters saying "Use your own money since you are a multibillion dollar industry." "The root issue is that the tax base in the city of Atlanta is relatively low compared to the burbs, where people live." I could tell. I went to Peach Tree City. Very nice. I can't see the citizens caring about the transportation woes of Atlanta. There are more cart paths to build (very cool by the way). "That's gradually changing as more and more people (and wealth) are moving back intown, but it's a long slow process." I saw a lot of town homes and condos being built. Must be whats making it possible to get people back into the city. If I faced a commute through some of those roads, I would consider such a move. Hell, some of the people can probably afford a home in the burbs and a condo. "There's a lack of 'we're all in this together' here and it's very much an 'us vs them' mentality." That's not just Atlanta. J - Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - Henry Kissinger Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:353431 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
