TSPLOST proponents have a lot of work to do in the next four months if the reaction at East Cobb forums is an accurate reflection of public opinion about the regional 1-cent sales tax for transportation projects.

That work is well underway.

A glossy brochure (images attached) arrived in the mail at the satellite office of East Cobb Patch this afternoon from Transform Metro Atlanta, based in downtown Atlanta.

Financed by the Metro Atlanta Voter Education Network, or MAVEN, the four-page brochure follows the suburban story line of the TV commercials you may have seen in favor of the Transportation Improvement Act:

• We average an hour a day in traffic, which over a year is roughly a month and a half of 40-hour workweeks sitting in a car, doing nothing.
• While we're stuck in traffic, our kids are suffering alone.
• The TSPLOST can save us time and money and transform our lives.

In short, as the tagline on the bag of the brochure say, "Less traffic = more time at home."

What do you think of the brochure? Will anything you receive in the mail affect how you'll vote on the TSPLOST referendum July 31?