Comments on: GDOT Now Paying For Getting Ahead of Itself http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/09/18/gdot-now-paying-for-getting-ahead-of-itself/ Decatur Georgia News, Events, Atlanta News Mon, 15 Sep 2014 15:40:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0 By: Rebeccab http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/09/18/gdot-now-paying-for-getting-ahead-of-itself/#comment-59285 Mon, 20 Sep 2010 17:44:04 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-59285 Unfortuanately the only people politicians are accountable to is their contributors. Building roads is big business.

http://ethics.georgia.gov/Reports/Campaign/Campaign_ByContributions.aspx

This is a fun website and you can even search by zipcode! Obviously the recession is hurting some of the neighbors worse than others.

This is another good one too.
http://www.opensecrets.org/

]]> By: No surprise http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/09/18/gdot-now-paying-for-getting-ahead-of-itself/#comment-59210 Mon, 20 Sep 2010 02:29:37 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-59210 Don’t worry Karass, the Stimuli from the Federal Government will make everything OK. Don’t go gettin “Tea Party” on us. Barak and Co’s gonna show us how Smart Government is done!

]]> By: Steve http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/09/18/gdot-now-paying-for-getting-ahead-of-itself/#comment-59183 Sun, 19 Sep 2010 21:24:23 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-59183 The Board agreed to it. They didn’t have to. They have done and not done many things in the past. GDOT issues the bonds, agrees to and lets the projects. The Gov did none of these.

]]> By: Ken Edelstein http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/09/18/gdot-now-paying-for-getting-ahead-of-itself/#comment-59139 Sun, 19 Sep 2010 15:06:18 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-59139 Actually, Steve, as the post points out, Perdue foisted “Flash Forward” on the DOT. It was his idea. Call me old fashioned for asking, but shouldn’t the person who created the problem be held accountable?

]]> By: dantesvalley http://www.decaturmetro.com/2010/09/18/gdot-now-paying-for-getting-ahead-of-itself/#comment-59083 Sun, 19 Sep 2010 00:43:58 +0000 http://www.decaturmetro.com/?p=20705#comment-59083 By the way–shouldn’t the headline be “Taxpayers now Paying for GDOT getting ahead of itself”?

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