GA: Unique MARTA Contract Could be Key to Gwinnett Transit Vote’s Success

In the days before the Gwinnett County Commission voted to call a public referendum on joining the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), Chairman Charlotte Nash made her feelings on the matter known.

She wanted the public to have a say on becoming part of the transit system, and she wanted to arrange a contract that would be palatable to both her fellow commissioners and to residents.

The contract Nash helped negotiate with MARTA may have indeed helped convince her fellow commissioners to vote in favor of calling a referendum during that Aug. 1 commission meeting — and it could play an even more significant role in determining the success of Gwinnett’s vote.

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