Georgia Politicos Tentatively Talking Transportation
Decatur Metro | April 8, 2010UPDATE: Wheatley isn’t impressed.
From the AJC’s Gold Dome Live blog….
House and Senate negotiators met for the first time shortly after 10 a.m. on the impasse on transportation legislation.
The meeting, announced by Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle’s office, didn’t produce any immediate decisions — except an agreement for another meeting, probably on Monday or Tuesday.
Both sides were talking positive about reaching an agreement, hopefully before Day 40 of the 40-day legislative session.
The meeting lasted less than an hour, and the bulk of it involved Rep. Jay Roberts (R-Ocilla) going line by line over the changes that the House made to the governor’s original bill.
Hooray! Now we can convince ourselves that our efforts yesterday made a difference! (I’m sure it didn’t have anything to do with Wheatley’s “FARTA” article or all the businesspeople bused to the Capitol as documented in April Hunt’s recent AJC piece.)