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Nitram

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5. Where I live in Virginia, the county tried to establish a Stormwater Utility and charge a fee to pay

Reply to AnnieBW (Original post)

Wed May 30, 2018, 09:18 AM

May 2018

for federally mandated stormwater management requirements, based on roof and other impervious surface area. The local Farm Bureau launched a huge misinformation campaign and managed to block the proposal. The main problem is that conservatives are against any tax for any reason, without any reference to the needs of the community.

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Repeal of "rain tax" comes back to bite Republicans, Maryland developers [View all] AnnieBW May 2018 OP

I'm from Baltimore, MD and if I can tell you one thing about MD GOPers it's JoeOtterbein May 2018 #1

'A stormwater fee, also known as a rain tax, is a charge imposed on real estate owners elleng May 2018 #2

The linked source is a nasty piece of work. Marcuse May 2018 #3

Nasty? 'Come the 2014 elections. Larry Hogan's Republican campaign seized on the greed of developers elleng May 2018 #4

I just wonder if the voters in HoCo will be smart enough to connect the dots Algernon Moncrieff Jun 2018 #7

I'll have to look into it. elleng Jun 2018 #8

Keep in mind my school was in Columbia, but... Algernon Moncrieff Jun 2018 #10

Very click-baity Algernon Moncrieff Jun 2018 #9

Where I live in Virginia, the county tried to establish a Stormwater Utility and charge a fee to pay Nitram May 2018 #5

Complaints not ONLY in Virginia, elleng May 2018 #6