Comments on: On the Bus, not the Rails, for Cecil County Commuters: State Stalls MARC Plans Again https://ceciltimes.com/2016/10/on-the-bus-not-the-rails-for-cecil-county-commuters-state-stalls-marc-plans-again/ News and Views for Cecil County and the Eastern Shore of Maryland Fri, 25 Nov 2022 14:21:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 By: Ronald Demmler https://ceciltimes.com/2016/10/on-the-bus-not-the-rails-for-cecil-county-commuters-state-stalls-marc-plans-again/#comment-43023 Tue, 11 Oct 2016 19:45:53 +0000 https://ceciltimes.com/?p=4947#comment-43023 What am I missing concerning the gas tax? I always thought the tax was a set amount per gallon, not a percentage. I could understand if the article said that consumers bought a lot less gas,thus less revenue, but it says due to lower cost per gallon. The tax per gallon is still there.

CECIL TIMES REPLIES: The General Assembly passed legislation setting sales taxes on gasoline purchases so as prices per gallon go down, the sales tax which is a percentage of the total sale amount, goes down. Gasoline sales tax revenues were include in state transportation agencies’ calculations of funds available for road and other transportation projects.

]]> By: Vince Pfeiffer https://ceciltimes.com/2016/10/on-the-bus-not-the-rails-for-cecil-county-commuters-state-stalls-marc-plans-again/#comment-42920 Tue, 04 Oct 2016 23:46:25 +0000 https://ceciltimes.com/?p=4947#comment-42920 Secession sounds like a viable alternative. This state has been sticking it to Cecil county for decades, not unlike the treatment given to the proverbial illegitimate stepchild. This is how it is for the libs in Annapolis who love dictating to the Eastern Shore what benefits none of those living there. They do, however, love taking our taxes, and our toll money, forcing an already economically depressed part of the state to pay even more to use the very roadways they already pay for. What really needs to happen is a serious audit to see just how equitably Maryland tax dollars are distributed throughout this communist mecca, called “The Free State.” Rapid transit, economic development, Indeed. Maybe a course in map reading would be in order.

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