As Steve posted in a comment earlier, the AJC quotes MARTA chief Beverley Scott saying that the GA legislature’s inability to pass funding reform for MARTA is “Armageddon.”

And here’s the worst part of the whole thing.

Scott put the failure down to “high politics,” not policy opposition. “It wasn’t about MARTA,” she said.

So its not because anyone had any substantive reason not to give MARTA greater control over its funding. Its just got caught up in the whole transportation-overhaul mess.

Ty Tagami has a great piece in the AJC this morning, which summarizes all the lawsuits DeKalb County is currently fighting with its cities over the distribution of HOST.

Mayor Floyd is quoted in the article saying that Decatur has spent over a $1 million in litigation costs since the HOST legal battle began 9 years ago.  But, as he also points out, what’s at stake is around $1 million a year in capital improvement costs.

Again, DeKalb County refused to comment for a HOST article.