The Blue Ribbon Commission on Maryland Transportation Funding is recommending that the General Assembly increase wholesale gas taxes by 15 cents, prevent money from the transportation trust fund from being siphoned off to other projects, and do a feasibility study on establishing a regional transit authority.
Day: October 25, 2011
Doubling or tripling flush tax proposed to task force
A governor’s task force on sustainable growth on Tuesday heard a proposal to double and eventually triple Maryland’s annual water and sewer fee of $30 for Chesapeake Bay restoration. Because of funding shortfalls, the workgroup also recommended extending Maryland’s timeframe to meet its bay cleanup goals to 2025, which is the Environmental Protection Agency’s deadline, instead of the self-imposed deadline of 2020 that Gov. Martin O’Malley set last year.
State Roundup, October 25, 2011
Maryland State Education Association comes out for gay marriage; gay marriage and the gas tax among issues to be addressed in next 90-day session; redistricting gives Howard County three reps; Garagiola lines up Dem endorsements for 6th Congressional District run – but not Del. Kelly; Lt. Gov. Brown testifies for Currie; Ehrlich book to hit stores for Christmas; Baltimore County councilman to resign state job; and Prince George’s speed cameras bring in more than $500,000 in first month.
Alcohol tax money goes to districts that supported it
It took some Annapolis deal making in order to get the new 3% alcohol tax passed at the tail end of this year’s legislative session, and charges are being levied that politics are being played with where those proceeds are being spent.
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