Transit referendums fail

It’s been an uphill battle for public transit advocates in Cobb and Gwinnett counties since the 1960s, when voters first rejected connecting them to Atlanta’s MARTA rail system.  But as the years have gone on and both counties flipped from reliably red bastions to mostly-liberal, local leaders felt that this effort at transit expansion, on the ballot this week, had a real chance of passing.  But even without MARTA included in the plans both referendums failed badly, as voters roundly rejected the proposed 1% sales taxes that would have lasted 30 years.  County officials go back to the drawing board – their latest attempts at expanding transit in the car-centric counties are SINKING…