GBPI In The News Georgia’s economic malaise: Transportation sales tax is only proposed fix in sight December 8, 2011 / January 13, 2020 by Alan Essig GBPI Director Alan Essig and Policy Analyst Wesley Tharpe are quoted in the Saporta Report on the challenges facing Georgia’s economic development. Read the article. Read more » Alan Essig David Pendered Saporta Repor Transportation sales tax Wesley Tharpe