House Speaker Casper R. Taylor Jr. has asked television stations to stop running an ad by Ellen R. Sauerbrey's campaign, saying the commercial "grossly misquotes" him.

Taylor objects to a statement that appears to quote him as saying that Gov. Parris N. Glendening's transportation plan would require a 50-cent-a-gallon increase in the gas tax. "I never said any such thing, and I wouldn't have, because it's not true," Taylor, an Allegany Democrat, said in a letter to the stations.

A spokesman said Sauerbrey has no plan to discontinue the ad.

Pub Date: 10/09/98