Thursday, January 24, 2013
Senate President's plan would raise $300 million through a sales tax on gasoline and would allow local governments to impose a 5 cent tax.
UPDATED (5:39 p.m.)—Maryland could raise $300 million for transportation projects under a plan proposed by Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller. Miller's plan calls for a 3 percent tax on the wholesale price of gas. That tax would be in addition to the 23.5 cents per gallon drivers already pay in Maryland. "Everybody is going to pay a gas tax," Miller said of his proposal. The additional tax would raise up to $300 million in additional funds, Miller said. The proposal would allow local jurisdictions to impose up to a 5 cents per gallon tax for local transportation projects. Miller said the idea is to let counties with specific transportation needs assess a tax to pay for those needs. "They would be able to meet the needs by the votes of …
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Saturday, March 3, 2012
Petition effort continues despite uncertain future of the proposal in the Maryland General Assembly.
Opponents of a proposed tax on gas continue their efforts to defeat the bill in the court of public opinion. Protesters gathered along Route 40 and Winters Lane to wave signs at passing motorists and collect signatures on petitions at three gas stations along the intersection. The gathering Saturday morning in Catonsville was the latest in a number of such rallies this year organized by the Baltimore County chapter of Americans for Prosperity. The group advocates for smaller government. Hafiz Habib, owner of the BP and Gulf stations at the intersection, said he supports Gov. Martin O'Malley but opposes the gas tax. "He does a good job for Maryland but this bill is not good for Maryland," Habib said. O'Malley has proposed a 6 percent sales …
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Residents of Baltimore City and Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Montgomery and Prince George's counties would pay more in either sales or gas taxes to fund transit projects.
Residents of five jurisdictions in Maryland would pay more in sales or gas taxes to fund transit projects under dueling proposals sponsored by two rural Republican state senators. Sens. Richard Colburn and George Edwards are each proposing increases to the sales tax of between one-half to one penny. Edwards has also proposed a more than 2 percent sales tax on gasoline. All of the proposed taxes would affect only residents of Baltimore City and of Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Montgomery and Prince George's counties. The money would go to fund transit projects in the respective jurisdictions. Colburn, a five-term Republican from the Eastern Shore, is proposing increasing the sales tax a full penny to 7 percent in those jurisdictions. The money …
The expansion of gambling to BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport would provide money to highway projects, according to the Perry Hall Democrat.
Del. Eric Bromwell is gambling that this is the year the General Assembly passes his bill expanding slot machines to BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport. This is the fifth year the Perry Hall Democrat has proposed placing machines at the airport. Bromwell said his plan is an alternative to Gov. Martin O'Malley's proposed increase in the gas tax. If approved, the machines would be housed in a room inside the airport. "It was never the intent to have machines lining the walls at the airport," he said. Bromwell said the idea is to "capture dollars from travelers who pass through the airport before they take off." "Every month BWI records record travelers," said Bromwell. "They have money to spend." Bromwell is the lead sponsor on two bills that …
Mike
1:28 am on Saturday, March 23, 2013
Term limits would be nice.... then at least they only get to screw you once ( in theory ). But hey... Marylanders love these guys and keep voting them in..... more ›