a retraction of sorts

for any of the OTPers who took offense at my atlanta post, let me clarify:  i got nothing but love for y'all!   i was referring to the great divide in the political landscape and money distribution of ITP and OTP (and by ITP, i include kennesaw, clayton, loganville - all the metro counties in addition to Atlanta).  it pisses me off that Atlanta, and the metro counties - ITP, if you will, generates almost 80% of the states monies in taxes and revenue, but the OTPers - valdosta or coffee county, for example - refuse to allow the state monies to be used to help the economic engine of the state grow.  No funding for the Beltline.  No funding for MARTA. no funding for the brain train.  no funding for public art, that would transform atlanta into a chicago or seattle scene. no funding for anything that will keep the engine running and will attract more people to the city.  that's all.