Mayor Signs Bottle Tax Increase Into Law
The Jacobs report, which found city schools need $2.5 billion in construction and maintenance, was also unveiled at Loch Raven Elementary School on Tuesday.
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Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake signed the city's bottle tax, part of her Better School Initative, into law on Tuesday.
The tax hike will increase the tax charged to residents on items such as bottles of soda and water to 5 cents a bottle.
The tax, paired with 10 perent of anticipated revenue from a proposed slots casino in the city, is supposed to help the city leverage $300 million for school construction and renovation.
Baltimore City Public Schools also unveiled the findings of the Jacobs Study of its school facilities. The report found that the city will need to raise $2.5 billion to address the issues with its public education facilities.
slangwhang
6:52 am on Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Communism and facism is still alive and living in BALTIMORE CITY! 5 cents more for WATER! At first it was a bottle tax for sugar drinks only. NOW THEY LIED AGAIN! WHAT DO VOTERS EXPECT OF A CURRUPT GOVERNMENT!
GO ON AMERICA CONTINUE TO BE SHEEP UNTIL YOU HAVE NO MONEY LEFT!
Sean Tully
1:56 am on Thursday, June 28, 2012
Add a bottle tax, increase water rates by 9% and on and on. Yea, sure, we'll see 10,000 new families in 10 years. Not!