Cecil County Spending Project

From the office of Congressman Andy Harris: Today, Rep. Andy Harris continued to voice his opposition to the largest toll hike in the state’s history. “Maryland families and job creators, particularly on the Eastern Shore, cannot afford another tax hike,” said Rep. Andy Harris. “Maryland doesn’t have a revenue problem – they simply want to raise tolls by hundreds of millions of dollars to fund transportation projects for the Washington,…

The leadership in Maryland just passed the highest toll increases in state history!! Following is the list with all the increases: http://www.mdta.maryland.gov/Toll_Increase/documents/Public_Notice_Approved_Plan_092111.pdf Despite the thousands of people who turned out to fight the toll increases at hearings across the state, tolls will double and even triple on our highways, bridges and tunnels.

Recently, Republican Senator Nancy Jacobs, Democrat Delegate Mary Delany-James, and others have been publicly claiming “victory” in the battle over the toll increases.  A new toll increase plan was released by the MDTA that was less than what was initially proposed–but the newly revised plan is still a substantial increase of tolls in the state of Maryland and locally in Cecil and Harford Counties.  The citizens of Maryland and especially…

The OECD reports that the U.S. has the most “progressive” taxes in the world. (http://tinyurl.com/3mxwgc6) That means we already make our rich people pay more taxes than any other country does. And yet President Obama recommends what amounts to an “Alternative Minimum Tax” on millionaires. (http://tinyurl.com/3lrblpf) I urge you to reject this misguided idea.

A newly revised sham toll increase plan was released today by the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) that will STILL increase tolls across our state.  It doesn’t seem like the MDTA heard the thousands of people who came out to the hearings from all over Maryland demanding the MDTA not increase tolls.  Visit the MDTA website to read the specifics of the new proposal: Click Here to See Today’s Notice to…