Hi Keisha, it's me. You should call for a state takeover of MARTA & champion rail for GA

Hi Keisha, it's me. You should call for a state takeover of MARTA & champion rail for GA

From The Ron Show by Ron Roberts

June 4, 2026 · 44 min

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Ron Roberts discusses the challenges facing MARTA and urges Keisha Lance Bottoms to advocate for a state takeover and improved rail systems in Georgia.

My conversation today was heard by hundreds or thousands on Georgia NOW & Progressive Voices, but truly, it was meant for an audience of one - former Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, who's now the Democratic Party nominee for Governor of Georgia. MARTA's a PR disaster. A ghoulish, murderous stabbing of a grandmother. New trains (again) delayed prior to the FIFA World Cup. "More MARTA" underwhelming the voters that supported it. The Atlanta Beltline is falling further and further from its intention to alleviate in-city gridlock and offer easier mobility from Atlanta's historic neighborhoods as resistance to the rail element continues to build clout. Why not take a page from the Georgia GOP, circa 2020-21, and call for a state takeover of MARTA the way they salivated over wresting the airport from the city ? As Atlanta's former mayor, you have your fingerprints on the Beltline project and can't possibly agree with Cox Enterprises CEO Alex Taylor who's joined the NIMBYs and Eastside trail business folks who now don't want the crucial rail element at all anymore, now, can you? Transit ... mobility ... not just for Atlanta in-city, but the metropolitan area and - dare…

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Host: Ron Roberts

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Organizations: MARTA, Georgia GOP, Cox Enterprises, Delta

Places: Atlanta, Georgia, Eastside

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