http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/ma...uncil-stormwater-fee-20130328,0,7762933.story
Expect to pay an additional $105 a year for rain, on average...
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Expect to pay an additional $105 a year for rain, on average...
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Is the same thing that the MGA was fillibustering at the end of the regular session last year? I thought it died at sine die....
What's next they going to tax sunshine?
Mark
this rain tax will apply to counties that border the bay. will be happening in harford come july 1. this was due to federal EPA regulations. just when you think there is nothing else left to tax. can't wait until next year to see what they come up with.
When I was stationed in Germany it was rationed along with gas and cigarettes so it is possible.What's next they going to tax sunshine?
Slightly incorrect.
Each county has to find a way to fund their stormwater management projects called out in the EPA Watershed Improvement Plans. Howard county chose a new property tax. Other counties may do the same, or take it out of hide.
Every single county in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (64,000 miles covering portions of 6 states) from Cooperstown New York, to Lower Delaware, to the Shenandoah Valley are faced with this.
It is good because water quality is important for a healthy Chesapeake Bay (economic engine for MD and VA), but it is bad that the citizens are having to bear the brunt when the government could have been more creative.