Talk about squeezing blood from a turnip.
"Upset at the latest move to increase area water bills that would add another $21 to customers over the next three years, after recently passing a 'rain tax' and approving a Stormwater fee in last year's election; residents appeared fed up with their local officials and gave them a piece of their mind, to say the least. One local resident presented a water bill that totaled $634.17 for 84-days of usage – more than her insurance and car note combined she says. Another submitted over 600 letters of protest from her neighborhood residents, many of whom couldn't make it to the 9AM hearing."
Now a rain tax is also being implemented across Maryland, the city doesn't suck its tax love out of its thumb, considering the current governor is the former mayor.
But the rain tax is supposed to help clean the bay, but apparently the current mayor has other plans for it.
"Baltimore City Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has proposed to use a substantial portion of stormwater fee revenues — the "rain tax
" — to lower the city's overwhelmingly high property tax."
" — to lower the city's overwhelmingly high property tax."
Remember how I said that the city is already obscenely taxed? So instead of taking money, that is meant to manage storm water and keep pollution out of the Bay, and use it to lower property taxes, why don't you lower property taxes?
" Property tax rates in Baltimore County (outside the city) are less than half of those inside the city (1.1% versus 2.268%). The suburbs are thriving even with the center city decaying."
While I am making a blog, I might as well go into this week's corruption charge.
No comments:
Post a Comment