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Havre de Grace's mayor proposes $12.1 million budget for 2013, slight tax rate decrease
Havre de Grace Mayor Wayne Dougherty Monday proposed a $12.1 million budget for the city in 2013, offering a 1-cent reduction in the city real property tax rate to 58 cents per $100 of assessed value. The current budget for fiscal year 2012 is about...Tags: Finance, Havre de Grace, Budgets and Budgeting, Lyric Opera of Baltimore, Highway Transportation
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In debate, mayoral candidates vow to double youth jobs
Candidates vying to be Baltimore's next mayor promised Thursday evening to double funding for after school programs, create 1,000 summer jobs for youth and renovate or rebuild all of the city's schools.
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, former city...Tags: Occupations, African Americans, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Christianity, Real Estate
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Luring home buyers into the city will take more than a $40 property tax cut
I have some comments about a central issue of Baltimore's mayoral campaign: I am a young doctor in the city. My spouse and I have been looking to buy a home in the city for a year, and we have held off because of the egregious property taxes. We...Tags: Homes, Real Estate, Real Estate Buyers, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Otis Rolley
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Assessment review planned after 2nd error involving consolidated property
When a Baltimore couple combined two Federal Hill rowhouses into a double-wide home a few years ago, the state's tax assessors made a mistake: Instead of factoring in the values of two addresses, they set the new home's value as if it were still just a...Tags: Homes, Values, Federal Hill, Hanover (Anne Arundel, Maryland)
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Botched Federal Hill valuation highlights shrinking number of assessors
The imposing three-story home on the 200 block of E. Montgomery St.stands out from its more modest Federal Hill neighbors. The edifice, with 15 front windows and a gated driveway, is noticeably bigger and no doubt much pricier.
But you couldn't tell by...Tags: Homes, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Taxation, Baltimore County, Companies and Corporations
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Voters' right to set local property taxes must be respected
The budget package passed by the Maryland state Senate has many good elements -- investments in local schools, a cap on tuition hikes at public colleges, more money for road repairs and cuts in nonessential spending. However, it also includes a provision... -
Annapolis mayor proposes $95.4M budget with higher fees
Annapolis Mayor Joshua J. Cohen has introduced a $95.4 million operating budget for the next fiscal year, a proposal that would raise the property tax rate along with some fees for residents as the city moves to invest in its infrastructure and...Tags: General Contracting, Finance, Taxation, Annapolis, Layoffs and Downsizing
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25 years ago: Harford waiting on news of possible property tax rate increase
From The Aegis of March 19, 1987: It was possible Harford County residents would be facing a property tax rate increase 25 years ago, but they were going to have to wait two more weeks to find out until Harford County Executive Habern Freeman released...Tags: Maryland State Police, Havre de Grace, Transportation Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents, Hospitals and Clinics
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Letter: Override of local tax caps allowed in budget passed by Maryland Senate is 'antidemocratic proposal'
The budget package passed by the Maryland Senate has many good elements—investments in local schools, a cap on tuition hikes at public colleges, more money for road repairs and cuts in nonessential spending. However it also includes a provision... -
Rawlings-Blake backs proposed fine for tax credit scofflaws
As someone who's made a hobby of unmasking tax cheats, Patterson Park activist Matt Gonter told state lawmakers Tuesday that he backs a proposal to fine homeowners caught getting unwarranted homestead credits on their property tax bills. Under the...Tags: Taxation, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Samuel I Rosenberg, Patterson Park, Rentals
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Best bang for the buck is to send slots money to schools not property tax relief
Baltimore City would get the best bang for the buck by allocating the majority of its slot machine revenue to upgrading school facilities. ( "Mayor to seek 9 % property tax cut" July 20) The slot machine law allows the city to use the funds only for...Tags: Schools, Finance, Elementary Schools, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Maryland
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Wayward tax credits
Maryland has two major programs designed to help prevent people from being forced out of their homes because of rising property taxes, and through extensive analysis of state records, The Sun's Jamie Smith Hopkins and Scott Calvert have documented...Tags: Tax Credits, Taxation, Credit and Debt
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Mar 16, 2012
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