It’s incredible that anyone would buy all the politician’s bull about how this new “governence bill” will fix problems they say are caused by GDOT. As correctly stated in Jay Bookman’s editiorial in today’s paper, our state leaders want you to believe the solution to GDOT’s problems is “taking a system crippled by political meddling & “fixing it” by making it even more vulnerable to such meddling. That’s why the GDOT Board was crated long ago in the 1st place; to remove or further separate politics from road building! Our Governor looks like a clown when crying that giving him more control, like hasn’t had control in the past (Sonny’s Fast Forward program caused most of GDOTs funding & accounting issues), will result in a more efficient transportation system. And no doubt he would bring back his “girl puppet” Gina to be the Director. What a disaster & slap in the face that would be to those good employees.

I fail to understand why more citizens do not recognize this. An outcry should go out to our legislators telling them to see to it that GDOT is properly & adequately funded; then let them alone & let them do their jobs.

Meanwhile let’s call it what it is…………..nothing more than a “Power Grab” by Governor Clown!

Georgia’s current transportation problems are largely the result of our rapid growth outstripping the ability to pay for the improvements we need, plus a funding model that dictates roads over other transportation alternatives. Giving politicians the power to spend money on their favorite road projects is only going to make the problems worse. What a bass-akwards approach!