Howard GOP falling short in tax referendum drive
Republicans in Howard County are having trouble attracting enough support for a referendum that would make it more difficult to increase local taxes, Larry Carson writes this week in his county political notebook.
While most readers are probably familiar with the referendum that will decide the fate of slots in Anne Arundel County, Howard Republicans have been working on their own local ballot question. They're trying to improve their prospects with a last-minute mailing campaign
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"With two weeks until the Aug. 9 deadline for collecting 10,000 valid signatures to place a charter amendment on the Nov. 2 ballot, petition drive chairman Ken Aldrich said he has fewer than 3,000 signatures. He needs about 15,000 overall to end up with enough valid signatures for the Taxpayer Protection Initiative. Republicans want the charter to require a four-vote County Council majority to authorize any general tax increases, instead of a simple majority of three votes," he writes.
You can find more of Carson's columns in our Howard County edition and on the Howard page on baltimoresun.com.
