{"id":157,"date":"2007-10-16T09:31:28","date_gmt":"2007-10-16T16:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/2007\/10\/16\/2b-or-1b-that-is-the-question\/"},"modified":"2007-10-16T09:32:06","modified_gmt":"2007-10-16T16:32:06","slug":"2b-or-1b-that-is-the-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/2007\/10\/2b-or-1b-that-is-the-question\/","title":{"rendered":"2B or 1B? That is the question."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(click to enlarge images)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/yes_on_1b_flyer.jpg\" title=\"1B Flyer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/yes_on_1b_flyer.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"1B Flyer\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/elbertcountytransportationinitiative.jpg\" title=\"SOS Registration\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Are one-lane bridges in eastern Elbert County with minimal\u00a0traffic a priority here?\u00a0 If 1B passes, that&#8217;s not where the money will be spent.\u00a0 Nor should it be, however, those images which\u00a0represent a small fraction\u00a0of road conditions in Elbert County are a much better sell.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/elbertcountytransportationinitiative.jpg\" title=\"SOS Registration\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/10\/elbertcountytransportationinitiative.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"SOS Registration\" \/><\/a>So who paid for the 11&#8243; x 17&#8243; glossy flyer\u00a0sent out by the Elbert County Transportation Initiative?\u00a0 And how come no one&#8217;s home at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.saveyourroad.com\/\">www.saveyourroad.com<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Before you buy the &#8220;public safety&#8221; argument in favor of 1B, you should see;\u00a01) evidence of harm caused by poor roads, 2) the value of that harm, 3) evidence that similar harm will probably occur in the future if the road isn&#8217;t fixed, 4) evidence that the road can be fixed to prevent future harm, and 5) a commitment to allocate tax funds to that specific problem.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tax 1B contains none of this information.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a blank check.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(click to enlarge images) \u00a0 Are one-lane bridges in eastern Elbert County with minimal\u00a0traffic a priority here?\u00a0 If 1B passes, that&#8217;s not where the money will be spent.\u00a0 Nor should it be, however, those images which\u00a0represent a small fraction\u00a0of road conditions in Elbert County are a much better sell. So who paid for the 11&#8243; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-157","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-county-sales-tax","7":"category-transportation","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elbertcounty.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}