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Published
12/01/09
The share of income tax going to local governments declined dramatically this year, leaving some counties in the lurch and others shrugging off the latest in a long string of budget cuts brought on by the recession. Find Us On Facebook
Anne Arundel County Budget Officer John Hammond expected the county's annual income tax revenue to decline by $12.9 million, so the news of a 11.8 percent annual decline in state payments failed to shake him. "Hey, the economy is bad," Hammond said. "All things considered, it was down a little bit more than we anticipated, but it's in the ballpark of what we expected." In Anne...
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