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Algernon Moncrieff

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9. Very click-baity

Reply to Marcuse (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 18, 2018, 02:18 AM

Jun 2018

The article has a lot of truth to it, but comes back to the tired "it's Columbia's fault" argument. News flash to Mr. Salazar - the developers were coming with or without Jim Rouse.

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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