Dissatisfied by the state legislature's unwillingness to increase gas
taxes state wide this past year, Montgomery County Council President
Roger Berlinger is seeking authority to allow county lawmakers to
unilaterally impose higher gas taxes in the county.
"I've
been a strong proponent of an increase in the statewide gas tax, but if
Western Maryland and the Eastern Shore or other communities don't share
that desire and we can't get that to pass, then I see no reason why
Montgomery County shouldn't be able to go forward and have a gas tax of
comparable nature," Berlinger was quoted by the Washington Examiner
Unlike a statewide tax, a county tax would allow Montgomery to keep all of the revenue, Berliner said.
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