I just noticed the AJC has a vent just for Cobb County. Without a whole lot of surprise, most of the venting is about traffic. Apparently, someone recently touched off a vent debate about whether to bring CCT into West Cobb. Responses include:

Last Week

Excuse me, but you don’t represent all of us in west Cobb by saying “we don’t want bus service.” Yes, WE DO!

I live in west Cobb, and I desperately want bus or train service to Marietta. Then I could do the sudoku puzzle during my morning commute.

I live in west Cobb, too, and I DO want bus service. We don’t need bus stops on every corner, but we need something.

… and winner of the most bigoted response from last week:

You’re dead wrong. East Cobbers will fight till the bitter end to keep any public transportation out of our area. I’d rather sit in traffic than deal with the dregs of society who would inevitably come on the bus.

This Week

Atlanta highways are overcrowded, so if you want your kids to have a future here we need to come up with a transportation solution based on facts, not fear.

Oh, yes, I don’t want buses clogging up the roads. I’d much rather have 20 SUVs for each bus on the road.

I’d rather have the 20 SUVs as well. They’ll be carrying at least 20 people, and I’ve never seen a CCT bus with near that many.

Yep, nothing like a train rumbling by your house to improve the property value.

Of course, to that last comment, I could only point out that if a train doesn’t already rumble by your house, it’s unlikely a new line will get built. The best possibility for getting rail transit into Cobb is to use existing rights of way.