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11/13/09
Maryland's perilous budget situation and the tactics that have been used to patch deficits are going to make it more difficult to find money for new capital projects such as schools, jails and hospitals, according to legislative analysts. Find Us On Facebook
Officials with the state Department of Legislative Services gave another gloomy economic update Tuesday to the Spending Affordability Committee in Annapolis, outlining how hard it will be to find money for new capital projects in fiscal 2011. Projects already awaiting construction or equipment funding make up $570 million of almost $1 billion of proposed bonds that year. The number...
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Look backward - 2009-11-13 15:23:32
Elected officials seem to fill the docket with unfunded projects. Why not collect revenue and then decide how best to spend? The State saw unprecedented growth in revenue receipts and foolishly assumed it would continue (at an exponential rate)....forever. There is a similar mindset here in AACO. Building permits cover just 20% of infrastructure cost associated with a new house. 80% of the cost is hoisted onto current County residents. How difficult can it be? Permitting should cover the majority of infrstructure cost associated with each new unit. Yet, seven after the County Council knew(several independent studies later) the facts, they voted to defer any action.
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