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Counties' leaders to lawmakers: Pass budget planPublished 10/26/07
ANNAPOLIS - The Maryland Association of Counties urged legislators yesterday to pass Gov. Martin O'Malley's $1.7 billion budget plan, saying county governments could not handle the cuts to services if the shortfall was passed on to them.
"Alarm bells rang all across the state" when the governor this week outlined cuts that would be made if his plan is not passed in the special legislative session that starts next week, said association President Jan Gardner.
"It was not a pretty picture," said Ms. Gardner, the Frederick County Commission president, who was flanked by several county executives in the State House. With...
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Taxes - October 26, 2007
I suggest the government think long and hard about increasing and creating new taxes to burden the citizens of Maryland with. More taxes are going to cause the cost of everything to increase for everyone. Do not buy into the theory that only the rich will be paying. Sorry but a 20% increase in sales tax, effect everyone of us. Stop the out of control spending before everyone of us are equally poor.
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