Lewis spars with Perdue on transportation inaction ... and Lewis wins
‘Georgia is not in the running because it does not have a plan’
Jim Galloway brings to our attention a transportation-related tussle between Gov. Sonny Perdue and Congressman John Lewis over Georgia’s missed high-speed rail funding opportunity.
Lewis told WSB-TV that the measly $750,000 Georgia received could be attributed to the state’s leadership. Perdue, responding through a spokesman, said he found it funny that the congressman was pointing fingers about federal funding when the Democrats currently control the White House and Congress. High-speed choo choos intrigue the governor, Perdue’s spokesman said, but Georgia just doesn’t have enough cash to meet its transportation wants — or needs, for that matter.
The congressman didn’t like that one bit — and delivered a stinging rebuke.