By Morita Bruce Ready to see your taxes raised or your county services slashed again? What’s fair about that? Background: In October, there was a great deal of controversy about canceling the school impact fee. This is the fee paid by people who purchase new homes, and it pays for a portion (roughly one-fifth) of […]
Impact Fee: School Construction Revenue Source Or Unfair Home Sales Tax?
Is Harford County’s impact fee a vital source of revenue for public school construction, or an unfair tax that has stymied new home sales? Harford County Councilman Dion Guthrie (Dist. A) says it’s the latter. Along with co-sponsor Chad Shrodes (Dist. D), Guthrie introduced legislation on September 15th to repeal the county’s impact fee. Guthrie, […]
Councilman Guthrie Calls For Elimination Of Impact Fee In Light Of Mortgage Catastrophe
Harford County Councilman Dion Guthrie (District A) plans to introduce a bill to eliminate the impact fee on new home sales at the council meeting October 7, 2008. Guthrie said he has support at this time from Councilman Chad Shrodes (District D) and Councilwoman Mary Ann Lisanti (District F). Guthrie told The Dagger he had […]
