[CPEO-MEF] REALIGNMENT - BRAC and taxes in Maryland

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Paying for BRAC

Editorial
Baltimore Sun (MD)
February 22, 2008


With the prospect of tens of thousands of new jobs headed to Maryland 
courtesy of the military base realignment and closure (BRAC) decisions, 
the last thing needed is to fuel a series of economic development 
bidding wars that pit county against county or against Baltimore. Yet 
that is the danger when Annapolis starts talking about giving 
subdivisions greater authority to offer tax breaks to BRAC employers 
instead of spending money where it ought to go - on badly needed local 
infrastructure.

Fortunately, it appears Gov. Martin O'Malley is interested in avoiding 
just that as administration officials this week recommended changing 
their approach to so-called BRAC Revitalization and Incentive Zones. 
Under the newly amended bill, subdivisions can still seek to have 
companies locate in areas designated for growth, but local tax 
abatements wouldn't be mandatory.

...

For the entire editorial, see
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/editorial/bal-ed.brac22feb22,0,906283.story

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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