O'Malley talks property taxes
Gov. Martin O'Malley gave props to Baltimore's current mayor at an event today and dismissed one of her opponent's plans to reduce the city's property taxes as election year promise-mongering.
The governor, speaking after an groundbreaking for a new sports field at Patterson Park, was asked about a Sun story by Julie Scharper that laid out plans by various mayoral candidates to slash the city's high property tax.
One idea, put forward by City Coucilman Carl Stokes, would reduce the rate by $1.10 over four years. Baltimore homeowners currently pay $2.268 per $100 of assessed value, by far the highest in the state.
"In an election year there will be people promising all sorts of things that they know in their heart of hearts they really can’t accomplish," O'Malley said.
As mayor, O'Malley made two-cent reductions to the property tax rate in 2005 and 2006. Former Mayor Sheila Dixon reduced the rate by two-cents in 2007.
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Mom is propping up his puppet SRB.
Of course in 2006 MOM pilloried Ehrlich for misdirecting the Transportation and viola 5 years later we stand on the verge of a gas tax increase due to MOM's fiscal mismanagement. Cant have it both ways Marty.
Posted by: john | June 13, 2011 8:22 PM
"In an election year there will be people promising all sorts of things that they know in their heart of hearts they really can’t accomplish," O'Malley said."
PRICELESS albeit hypocritical quote. A fee is a tax... except when O'Malley pushes it, haha.
Posted by: JQ | June 14, 2011 1:00 PM
why are our current leaders so fast to say it cannot be done. Has anyone taken the effort to look at what the cost would be to start lowering the rate. Come on, come to the table with some positive idea's. Don't close the door before it opens.
Posted by: Dave | June 14, 2011 3:21 PM
That quote by O'Malley is hilarious...what a perfectly succinct view of his campaign strategy
Posted by: RK_21 | July 20, 2011 8:15 AM
One has to remember that when a politician reduces the property tax rate two cents that it doesnt mean two cents if the assessments are increasing each year, even if the city does have a yearly cap for homeowner occupied properties.
Posted by: Clay | September 14, 2011 8:43 AM