Get Your Revolt On: Liberty, Taxes, And TEA On Tap Tuesday In Bel Air

The forecast for Tuesday in Bel Air calls for sunny skies, a high of 86 degrees, and a near-100 percent likelihood of a serious tax revolt.

The Harford County Council is holding a public hearing on the tax assessment cap Tuesday night and a half-dozen tax-reducing, tax-repealing, tax-revolting groups have already mobilized their supporters to show up with signs in hand and revolution in mind.

For those keeping track, the Marylanders for Fair Property Taxation, Taxed Enough Already (TEA) Party, Americans for Prosperity, Campaign for Liberty, and the Institute on the Constitution are each expected to have a significant presence and following at Tuesday’s public hearing.

The tax assessment cap is a complicated issue, so I’ll let those who eat, sleep, and breathe tax revolution tell you what it’s all about.

Here is the call to action from the Marylanders for Fair Property Taxation:

Marylanders for Fair Property Taxation E-mail mdfairtax@juno.com www.marylandersforfairpropertytaxation.com

Hearing Notice July 14, 2009 ...Continue Reading

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Harford County Council Property Tax Cut Could Spark Larger Tax Relief Effort In Maryland

The following was received by Dave Schwartz, state director of Americans for Prosperity-Maryland:

Grassroots free-market group Americans for Prosperity (AFP) was happy to see the Harford County Council provide tax relief to the property owners of Harford County on Friday evening. By a unanimous vote, the Council decided to cut the proposed property tax rate.

“The Council members deserve praise,” said Dave Schwartz, state director of AFP-Maryland. “The Council realized that Harford citizens’ homes are not permanent piggy banks. Unlike many of our state and national legislators, they understand while taxpayers are trimming their budgets during the recession, the government needs to do the same.”

AFP worked extensively with the “Harford Property Tax Revolt” coalition to push for the Council and County Executive David Craig to adopt the “constant yield” property tax rate. “Constant yield” is the rate at which the county government would have collected the ...Continue Reading

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