The top campaign contributors to Gov. Martin O’Malley and Comptroller Peter Franchot for last year’s election were “business interests and fat cats,” according to a detailed analysis by the Maryland Tax Education Foundation released Wednesday.
Day: November 16, 2011
Senate tax chairman favors lowering corporate rate
Senate Budget and Taxation Committee Chairman Edward Kasemeyer told a Howard County Chamber of Commerce breakfast Wednesday that he personally favored rolling back Maryland’s corporate income tax by 1/4% a year for several years. This would bring Maryland’s 8.25% corporate tax rate – raised four years ago from 7% – closer to Virginia’s 6% rate.
Purchase of Steinway pianos for Bowie State strikes sour note for Franchot
The $552,000 purchase of 32 Steinway pianos by Bowie State University for its new $79 million performing arts center opening next year is “out of touch” with the current economy, Comptroller Peter Franchot said at the Board of Public Works Wednesday. “Given the challenges that these universities face, I think it’s a luxury at this point that the taxpayer shouldn’t be paying for,” said Franchot, who voted against the purchase.
State Roundup, November 16, 2011
Lt. Gov. Brown says momentum is toward gay marriage; Prince George’s tables slots ban bill; caution urged as lawmakers consider strengthening child-abuse reporting law; film workers see a payoff as state puts more money into the industry; O’Malley takes a cast of 100 on trip to India; state GOP will move from pricey West Street office; Henson trial delayed; Karl Rove protested; Duncan won’t run in 6th; and local GOP asks county councilman to return pay.
PlanMaryland Part 3: How it would work is still unclear
Most of the draft PlanMaryland document focuses on statistics that show how Maryland has grown and changed in the last several decades, and why a comprehensive development plan is needed. It spends less time going through the nuts and bolts of how land use planning would be done if the plan were put into place – the most significant part of the plan.
State grant helps Baltimore County university expand
A $3 million grant from the state’s Sellinger Grant Program enabled Stevenson University on Tuesdat to purchase a 28-acre tract of land to add to its Baltimore County campus.
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