Be afraid - very afraid - of T-SPLOST

I will not support this measure. I would only support a T-Splost if the money came back to the county that it was collected in. I would prefer that the gas tax be increased as a way of raising money for transportation. We do have one of the lowest in the nation, but with the gas tax increase the users would pay a proportional fair share and those that travel less would pay less. The trucking industry has a very strong lobby and push to keep gas taxes down, but where is most of the transportation money spent. It goes to major construction projects that benefit the truckers and other major users, not out to county type roads. Where does most of the road damage come from, you guessed it Trucks. I don't want to appear to be picking on the truckers, but a 20 ton load causes a lot more damage than a 2 ton load. Collect more from the major users of the roads thru gas and fuel tax and not sales tax on every dollar we spend.