Got the BAD case of the Democrat blues this morning?  This may cheer the transit-Dems up.   From Atlanta Unfiltered…

Rep. Jill Chambers will be giving up her job as MARTA’s top watchdog, after losing her seat in the Georgia House of Representatives on Tuesday by about 275 votes to Democrat Elena Parent.

Chambers, first elected in 2002, has scrutinized and occasionally tormented the rapid-transit agency as chair of the Legislature’s MARTA Oversight Committee, also known as MARTOC. She’d questioned MARTA spending on lobbyists, pay raises, consultants, fitness equipment for employees, intricate bond deals and much more. And that was all before lunchtime.

Chambers has been under harsh scrutiny of late after the MARTA fiscal watchdog filed for personal bankruptcy.

In other MARTA news, Maria Saporta points out that 70% of Clayton County residents voted in favor of a non-binding referendum to “become a full participant in MARTA by charging a sales tax in support of MARTA and the county’s public transportation needs.”