State Rep. Buzz Brockway

Republican | Georgia's 102nd District

Vote In The July 31st Primary Election

June 26th, 2012

The July 31st Primary Elections are five weeks away.  I assume everyone receiving this email is registered to vote but if you're not sure please visit this page at the Secretary of State's website. This page will also show you your precinct and voting location as well as the Federal, State, and Local districts you reside in.

I also want to encourage you to visit this page and look to see if you have any friends who may not be registered to vote. Amazingly 14% of people think they are registered to vote when they are not. Every election is important but there are a number of crucial decisions we all must make this year, in the July Primary Elections as well as the November General Election.  The deadline to register to vote and still be able to vote in the July 31st Primary is next Monday July 2nd.
 
There are a number of important contested offices to be decided on July 31st.  In addition the proposed 1% sales tax to fund certain transportation projects will be decided. There are also several non-binding ballot questions in which you can express your opinion.  To view a sample ballot for your precinct enter your information here.  View the Republican and Democrat sample ballots for my precinct.

I hope you will vote in this important Primary Election either in person of absentee.

You can connect with me via Twitter and Facebook (personal or campaign page).  Even though the Legislature is not in session I am still available to help you as needed.  Please contact me at the phone number or email shown below if I can ever be of assistance.

Sincerely,
Buzz Brockway
Representative, Georgia State House District 101
504-B Coverdell Legislative Office Building
Atlanta, Georgia 30334
404-656-0188
buzz.brockway@house.ga.gov
www.vote4buzz.com

  • The Last Democrat in Georgia

    Buzz,

    Speaking of the July 31st Primary Election and the big vote on transportation with the T-SPLOST referendum, as a state lawmaker, I thought that you might be interested in these links that give insight into what our direct economic competitors in Texas are doing to advance their long-term economic development prospects (a concept that along with the term “infrastructure investment” has become an anathema around these parts) through continued massive investments in their water and transportation infrastructures.

    Here is a look at what one of Atlanta’s direct economic competitors, Dallas, is doing to ensure their long-term economic prospects and viability through continued massive investments in their water and mulitmodal transportation infrastructures (rail, bus, toll roads, toll lanes, expressway reconstruction, etc).

    Here is a link to a map of 16 new reservoirs proposed to be built in the State of Texas that will add to the state’s already abundant existing man-made water supply, an existing man-made water supply that is likely more than abundant with the proper water conservation measures, which despite the tendency throughout much of Texas towards extended dry spells, water conservation still is not necessarily all that popular of a concept as it should be in Texas, both socially and politically.

    http://www.texaswatermatters.org/projects/save/SWRM2_2007-SWP-damsA.jpg

  • The Last Democrat in Georgia

    Here is a link to a map of the current and future Dallas area rail transit network (DART light rail, TRE commuter rail and DCTA commuter rail) through 2014:

    http://www.dart.org/maps/currentandfutureservicesmap.asp

  • The Last Democrat in Georgia

    Here is a link that displays existing toll roads in the Dallas Region (Dallas has 90 miles of tollways compared to only 2.5 miles of tollways in Atlanta, not counting the I-85 HOT lanes):

    https://www.ntta.org/roadsprojects/existroad/Pages/default.aspx

    Here is a link to a page that displays the toll roads currently under construction in the Greater Dallas-Fort Worth Region:

    https://www.ntta.org/roadsprojects/projprog/Pages/default.aspx

    Here is a link to a page that displays the proposed future toll roads currently in the planning and development stage in the Dallas-Fort Worth Region:

    https://www.ntta.org/roadsprojects/futproj/Pages/default.aspx

    Here are some links to the Interstate 635 LBJ Express Project in which the I-635 North Loop (which is Dallas equivalent to Atlanta’s I-285 Top End Perimeter) will be reconstructed to include up to 13 miles of new express managed lanes, much of which will be depressed UNDER the existing untolled lanes for several miles of double-decked freeway across the Northside of Dallas:

    http://www.lbjexpress.com/overview.asp

    http://www.lbjexpress.com/about.asp

    And here is a link to a video that illustrates Dallas’ plans to effectively double-deck one of their busiest stretches of freeway by basically running the new managed lanes underneath the existing untolled lanes:

  • The Last Democrat in Georgia

    Here are some links to a couple of maps that illustrates the development of Houston’s network of eight tolled facilities-
    https://www.hctra.org/tollroads_map/
    https://www.hctra.org/downloadable_systemMap/downloadable_systemMap.html

    On the map of the Houston toll road network you’ll notice toll road named the “Katy Managed Lanes”
    https://www.hctra.org/katymanagedlanes/

    The Katy Managed lanes are actually a 4-lane toll road that runs down through the median of the Interstate 10 West/Katy Freeway which with the four managed lanes, the 6-8 lane frontage roads that run alongside each side of the 10-12 untolled through lanes is as many as 26 lanes in width in some places between the I-610 West Loop and the West Leg of the Sam Houston Tollway which is the equivalent of a more close-in Outer Perimeter for Atlanta that is only 10-15 miles away from Downtown Houston.

    There’s also a second outer tolled loop under construction in the Texas 99 Grand Parkway that is about 30-35 miles out from Downtown Houston that would be the equivalent of a second farther out Outer Perimeter in Atlanta.
    The tolled Texas State Highway 99/Grand Parkway Loop will be over 180 miles in length when complete.
    http://www.grandpky.com/home/

    Here’s an overview of many of the toll roads in Houston’s expansive and fairly-comprehensive toll network, a couple of which were converted out of existing surface streets and existing freight railroad corridors-
    https://www.hctra.org/tollroads/

  • The Last Democrat in Georgia

    Here is a link to Houston’s plans for a fairly comprehensive regional commuter network as, despite the seeming buildout of their freeway and tollway system, Houston still assumes the need for a commuter rail network.
    http://www.hgaccommuterrail.com/docs/HGAC%20Commuter%20Rail%20-%20Relative%20Demand%20Potential_2.pdf

    The seeming insistence of an automobile-crazed and dominated region like Houston, which by the way, seems to be more compact than Atlanta, should be of note to the automobile-dominated, but extremely road infrastructure-challenged Atlanta Region to recognize the need for comprehensive regional commuter rail service as Atlanta has what can only be described as a horrendous surface road network when compared to our automobile-oriented Sunbelt counterparts like Dallas, Houston, Phoenix and Miami and even when compared to our more transit-heavy counterparts like Chicago, Toronto, Washington DC and even Boston.

    Just in case you are not aware, here are some links to what are as of now, extremely and totally-unfunded plans by the Georgia Department of Transportation for a regional commuter rail network to operate in existing freight rail corridors that run parallel to busy Interstate freeway spokes as a means of relieving busy rush hour-congestion and often gridlock on those important spoke freeways (I-85 NE, I-85 SW, I-75 NW, I-75 S, I-20 W, I-20 E)

    http://www.dot.state.ga.us/travelingingeorgia/rail/Documents/CommuterRailMap.pdf

    http://www.dot.state.ga.us/maps/Documents/railroad/nga_passenger.pdf

  • The Last Democrat in Georgia

    By the way, Buzz, I think that you are doing a heck of a job serving in a legislative environment that isn’t necessarily all that highly-regarded seemingly by most Georgians these days.

    Your work and correspondence with what is basically the blogging public on the Peach Pundit website is also greatly appreciated as there are not all that many public servants (nowhere near as many as there should be) who are anywhere near as receptive to their constituents and the public at-large as you have been in your very brief time in a place that many Georgians basically hold in as high of a regard as an insane asylum these days.

    I am not a Republican, nor am I a Democrat (for the record, I am an Independent), but if I did live in your district I would vote to re-elect you back into office and I would highly-recommend to others who do live in your district to vote for you.

    Keep up the good work, Buzz.

    The Last Democrat in Georgia

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Republican | Georgia's 102nd District

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