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2014.11.05.MDJ – SPLOST Sails Through WINNERS Bob Weatherford, left, joins the Cobb Board of Commissioners, Sam Olens of east Cobb is re-elected as state attorney general and Susan Thayer joins the Cobb Board of Education after 1B Tuesday night’s elections. More results ɻ 4A, 5A, 5B M l arietta Daily Journa COBB’S LOCAL NEWS SOURCE SINCE 1866 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2014 Ƈ MDJONLINEɿCOM Ƈ 75 CENTS WEATHER: 70 I 58 MOSTLY CLOUDY h 8D GUEST EDITORIAL: EXPECT MORE ‘CITIZEN RESPONSES’ AGAINST 'CITIZEN JIHADISTS'h 6A SPLOST sails through Special tax renewed for six more years, to collect $750 million By Ricky Leroux [email protected] MARIETTA — The voters have spoken: Cobb &RXQW\¶VVSHFLDOSHUFHQWVDOHVWD[ZLOOUHPDLQ LQSODFHXQWLOWKHHQGRI :LWKDOO precincts reporting, RU percent, voted to extend the special purpose local 47% option sales tax 53% for another six years, compared WRRU percent, voting against the renewal. The county estimates it ZLOOFROOHFWPLOOLRQLQUHYHQXHIURPWKHWD[ over its six-year life, which it will use to fund a variety of transportation, parks and recreation and public safety projects. “I’m very appreciative of the voters and the people that helped support it,” Cobb Chairman Tim Lee said after the results of the vote became clear. “I’m so grateful and humbled. It seems to me that the folks believe that we’re heading in the right direction.” Justin O’Dell, co-chair of the SPLOST- Cobb Commission Chairman Tim Lee, right, and Justin O’Dell, co-chairman of Secure Cobb’s Future, standing next to Lee, look advocacy group Secure Cobb’s Future, said at the latest wave of results late Tuesday evening that pushes the SPLOST referendum into the lead. The tax measure passed, SPLOST, 3A giving Cobb six more years of the 1 percent special purpose local option sales tax. / Staff-Kelly J. Huff U.S. SENATE GOVERNOR GOP keeps seat Deal wins big in with Perdue win re-election bid By Christina A. Cassidy by arguing that Nunn would be By Kathleen Foody down Deal. Associated Press Writer would be a rubber stamp for and Kate Brumback The incumbent was part of a President Barack Obama. Associated Press Writers Republican takeover of the state’s ATLANTA — Businessman “I think Georgia made it loud FRQVWLWXWLRQDORI¿FHVLQ%XW David Perdue has and clear tonight that we are David Perdue ATLANTA — Gov. Nathan Deal Deal’s relentlessly optimistic take kept Georgia’s open 2% going to stop the won big in a re-election victo- on the state’s economy proved U.S. Senate seat in failed policies of ry Tuesday after a bruising effective, and Carter didn’t make GOP hands, beating President Obama and campaign, defeating the impact he needed by his Democratic Sen. Harry Reid,” Democrat Jason Car- 2% focusing on the state’s challenger on the 43.5% Perdue said in his ter despite shifting high unemployment rate strength of white victory speech. demographics in the and cuts to education. voters in the reliably 54.5% Earlier Tuesday, he Republican strong- 8QRI¿FLDOWDOOLHV Republican state. said “people who hold of Georgia 43% showed Deal winning Democrats hoped really love America” and the family 54% more than 54 percent Michelle Nunn, the would decide the pedigree of his of the vote Tuesday daughter of a popular election. opponent. with about 96 percent champion of bipartisanship, Perdue won 54.5 percent of the Democrats had of the expected vote former Sen. Sam Nunn, would vote to 43.5 percent for Nunn with hoped that Carter, a counted. enable them to pick up a seat in 96 percent of precincts reporting. state senator and grand- His next term will be an otherwise dismal midterm Exit polling showed Nunn won son of former President Jimmy devoted to bettering Georgia, Deal Carter, could build a coalition election. more than half the female vote told supporters gathered Tuesday of voters who typically sit out night at the College Football Hall But Perdue overcame repeat- non-presidential races and take ed attacks on his business record PERDUE, 5A Gov. Nathan Deal DEAL, 4A 148th year, edition 309 Sports: Georgia quarterback Hutson Mason moving on h 1C INSIDE: CLASSIFIEDS 7C COBB & STATE 1B OBITUARIES 3B OPINION 6A SPORTS 1C LIFE & STYLE 1D MIDTERM ELECTIONS ƇMDJƇWednesday, Nov. 5, 2014 Ƈ3A SPLOST From 1A opposition to the tax has been working to confuse people and the margin of victory would have been larger had it not been for the “misinformation.” Still, O’Dell said Cobb voters were able to make an informed decision about the tax. “I think it shows that Cobb County still has a very informed, very educated Above: Anti-SPLOST activists Tommy Clayton, left, and voter base,” he said. “People Lance Lamberton review early voting results during election make informed decisions, night at the Rose and Crown. / Staff-Katherine Frye and they were able to see it for what it was, not what the 23, Secure Cobb’s Future has no, a difference of 90 votes. other side wanted it to be.” received more than $85,000 However, both the 2005 Lance Lamberton, chair- in contributions, while the and 2011 SPLOST votes man of the Cobb Taxpayers Cobb Taxpayers Association were in specially held Above: Justin O’Dell, the chairman of Secure Cobb’s Future, is congratulated by Cobb Association and one of the has received only $3,193. elections. leading voices against the The Town Center Area O’Dell said critics of County Chairman Tim Lee after the second round of results hit the video screen Tuesday tax, said his organization, Community Improvement the tax have used this fact evening for the 2014 SPLOST vote at The Strand. O’Dell campaigned with his group to which also opposed the 2005 District donated $50,000 against the pro-SPLOST show the positives of passing the measure. / Staff-Kelly J. Huff and 2011 SPLOST referen- for “voter education” on the group in the past. dums, faced an uphill battle SPLOST, while the Cumber- “That’s always been their times people default know on ing the tax in place. icism of the deal to bring in trying to defeat the ballot land CID gave $150,000 for challenge,” he said. “They that. But I believe we have “It keeps taxes low,” he the Atlanta Braves to Cobb measure. education efforts. The CID always said we hold it in an educated electorate and said. “It keeps the cost of County or the pending ethics He said the pro-SPLOST contributions were given to a special election to affect they evaluate and make the doing business in the county complaint against him, inÀu- camp has “saturated” mail- a separate education orga- the outcome and they dared right decision.” low. It signi¿cantly enhances enced voters when they cast boxes with Àiers and phone nization called Cobb Issues us to hold it in a general Lee said the most sig- the quality of life and enables their ballots. lines with robocalls on Elec- Education Forum, Inc. election, then a vote in the ni¿cant challenge faced by us to continue to reinvest in “I really think this is what tion Day, which affected the “What we are always general election passes by a the campaign to renew the our infrastructure to make folks have asked for: a vote decisions of undecided voters. dealing with is the outsized wider margin. It shows that SPLOST was making sure sure that its top notch.” up or down on the issues that “The main reason that it resources of the proponents, the people in Cobb County citizens knew what the tax Lamberton said voters are important to them and won is because of the dispro- and that’s always a huge hur- understand the issue and sup- means to the county. are so used to paying the tax their quality of life,” he said. portionate amount of money dle,” Lamberton said. port it.” “I think the biggest thing they most likely voted to “And I think in the end, they that was available on their The SPLOST measure Lee said the narrow pas- is understanding how import- maintain the status quo. The will make a decision on that side to advocate for their passed by about 11,000 sage of the 2011 SPLOST ant it is to our mix of revenue pro-SPLOST camp argued rather than other issues.” position,” Lamberton said. votes, which is different from renewal was due to the eco- to be able to deliver the level Cobb has a low millage rate O’Dell agreed, saying he “That really is the reason. past years since SPLOST has nomic environment at the of services that we do that are and a low sales tax compared did not understand this line There’s no doubt in my mind a history of small margins of time. so important to the quality of to other metro counties, of reasoning. that if the resources were victory in the county. “At least the last one I life that we enjoy,” he said. Lamberton said, but this is a “I think those people will anywhere closer or more bal- In 2005, 19,947 citizens was involved in, the econo- Lee said he hoped coun- mixed message. be sad to learn that what will anced between what we had voted yes on SPLOST, com- my was having some rough ty voters would look at “If that’s a good thing, happen is all of the projects and what they had, then we pared to 19,833 who voted times, and I think that reÀect- the projects accomplished then why wouldn’t it be and ¿guring out how to pay would have won, perhaps in no, a difference of 114 votes.
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