Schaefer unveils $700M tax and fee package in state address
Maryland Governor William Donald Schaefer outlined a $700 million package of tax and fee increases to close a $1.2 billion shortfall for fiscal 1993. Proposals include expanding the 5 percent sales tax to auto repairs dry cleaning and cable TV raising corporate income tax cigarette tax and liquor and wine levies along with a 5 cent per gallon gas tax increase. He urged shifting some tax burden to higher earners and suggested local option income tax hikes with potential $280 million in extra revenue, plus new fees including an $8 vehicle registration fee for the medical evacuation service.
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Schaefer tax plan would raise multiple levies in Maryland
The plan expands a 5 percent sales tax to cover previously exempt services, yielding 375 million. Cigarettes would rise from 16 to 41 cents per pack, generating 100 million. Alcohol taxes would nearly double for beer and liquor and wine, about 30 million. Corporate income tax would rise to 7.5 percent, 25 million. Gasoline tax up 5 cents, 1.25 million. Local piggyback tax could reach 60 percent, 280 million. A graduated form of the flat income tax is proposed.
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Schaefer
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Lawmakers react coolly to Schaefer tax plan in Annapolis
Maryland legislators respond to Gov. Schaefer's State of the State address with mixed views on a $700 million tax and fee package. Some praise his tone and seek cuts, while Republicans condemn the plan as tax heavy and call for deeper budget reductions. A separate crash on Yellow Springs Road injures Dean Linton, 46, with an unidentified passenger. Linton dies later at Frederick Memorial Hospital.
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Charles H. Smelser
Frederick Carroll
Frederick
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Cloverhill
Dean
Linton
R Adams Cowley
Baltimore
Maryland
Frederick Memorial Hospital
West Virginia
del. J. Anita Stup
House of Delegates
Schaefer
Del
Robert H. Kittleman
R Howard
Jurors Find Breeden Guilty of Murder in Baker Case
In Hagerstown Washington County jurors found Larry Allen Breeden 48 responsible for the February 11 1989 murder of Shirley Elizabeth Baker 53 a Walkersville resident Breeden admitted second degree murder but claimed insanity The seven hour deliberation upheld a prior ruling of mental competence and the panel chose incarceration over hospitalization Judge Fred C Wright will re sentence Breeden on January 16 with a maximum term of 30 years
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Hagerstown
Washington County
Larry Allen Breeden
Walkersville
Shirley Elizabeth Baker
Breeden
Baker
Wright
Frederick
Aldermen fail to override veto on police contract ordinance
Frederick's Board of Aldermen vote 3-2 to overturn Mayor Paul Gordon's veto of a city police officers collective bargaining ordinance. With one vote short of the four needed, the measure is tabled for two weeks to pursue a compromise. Frances Baker Jon Kreissig and William O. Lee Jr. supported the override. James Grimes and Sally Murphy opposed.
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Frederick
Paul Gordon
Mr. Gordon
Frances Baker
Jon Kreissig
William O. Lee Jr
James Grimes
Sally Murphy
Baker
Gordon
Fraternal Order of Police
Rocky Springs Road Bridge Reopens After Repairs
The Rocky Springs Road Bridge east of Kemp Lane in Frederick reopened to traffic Thursday after repairs. The one lane span, closed in November for load standard issues, received a $16,500 contract for steel beam replacement and abutment reinforcement plus $3,000 for guardrails and paving, totaling $19,500, about $4,500 under initial estimates.
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Cax
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Kemp Lane
Frederick
Fred Eisenhart
Frederick News-Post
Frederick Cablevision
Frederick County
Dewey Jordan Contractors
Eisenhart
Bush Returns From Asia Trip Faces Domestic Jobs Crunch
President Bush landed at Andrews Air Force Base after a 12 day trade tour to the Pacific. He acknowledged unemployment rising to 7.1 percent and said his trip would open markets and create jobs while conceding not all automotive proposals achieved agreement. aides planned a public relations push to frame the Asia trip as a success.
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Pacific
Labor Department
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Singapore
South Korea
Japan
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TRW
Mr Bush
Asia
Samuel Skinner
White House
Tokyo
Assassination mystery controversy explored through entertainment feature
The page notes a continuing inquiry into an assassination mystery and controversy presented in a light entertainment context, inviting readers to see more details on the entertainment page.
County attorney says furloughs are not legal
Frederck County officials cannot legally be furloughed per county attorney John Mathias in a memo to commissioners. They may donate part of their salaries to the county, with three officials already taking furlough days and planning donations, while Sundergill questions the legality of cutting elected officials’ pay.
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Ronald Sundergill
General Assembly
Mathias
Sundergill
Maryland Court of Appeals
Gail Bowerman
Sue Ann Yingling
Bruce Reeder
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