Thanks, Jim Galloway!

AJC Political Insider Jim Galloway picked up on something in yesterday’s morning email.

On Monday, the Fulton County Taxpayers Foundation sponsored a town hall focused on the transportation referendum in metro Atlanta. From WABE (90.1FM):

Former columnist Phil Kent was one of the panelists. He took aim at the $600 million allotted to the Beltline.

“It’s not a congestion relief project, it’s not a traffic project. God bless them, it’s a nice real estate development project and if the city of Atlanta wants to do that, then by god why doesn’t the city of Atlanta pay for it itself.”

Todd Rehm of GaPundit.com points out that this puts the hyper-conservative Kent on the same side as ultra-liberal Matthew Cardinale of Atlanta Progressive News, who fears poor people will be ousted an interior city perimeter.

We appreciate our readers, and we really appreciate links to our website. In the spirit of gratuitous self-aggrandizement, here’s a link to yesterday’s email.