Add It Up: Priorities
April 14, 2008 at 10:39 am by Andisheh Nouraee in Add it upDays Gov. Sonny Perdue, First Lady Mary Perdue and Secretary of State Karen Handel recently spent in China on a foreign trade mission: 5
Price for one round-trip business-class ticket from Atlanta to Shanghai: $13,839.15
International business trips Perdue has taken since 2003: 14
Jobs for Georgians Perdue’s trade mission reportedly secured: 20
Georgia unemployment insurance initial claims in the first two months of 2008: 107,431
Annual value of time and fuel metro Atlanta loses because of traffic congestion: $2 billion
State Department of Transportation’s current budget shortfall: $1 billion
Amount state will allow Georgia counties to raise together for regional transit projects: 0
Sources: AccessNorthGa.com, Delta.com, Georgia Department of Labor, Georgia Trend, Office of the Governor.
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