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Article: Dixon studies tax cut method: O'Malley's annual 2-cent reduction is up for reconsideration.
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- The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)
- Article date:
- February 16, 2007
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Byline: John Fritze
Feb. 16--Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon backed away yesterday from a commitment made by her predecessor to cut the city's property tax rate by 2 cents annually -- potentially ending a policy that lowered Baltimore's tax rate to its lowest point in decades. During a news conference in which she named a new task force to make long-term property tax relief recommendations, Dixon would not commit to continuing annual 2-cent reductions billed by then-Mayor Martin O'Malley as the best way to cut Baltimore's tax rate, which is the highest in Maryland.
The shift away from the annual reductions and toward what she promises will be a more ...