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The Canadian city’s ‘rain tax’ is just one of many wacky fiscal ideas the world has seen in the grey zone of fame and infamy. While advocates of odd taxes always offer justifications, the impact they have is another story.
Under the proposed system, charges would be calculated based on the extent of hard surfaces on a property, such as roofs, driveways, or concrete landscaping, which are unable to absorb water. This approach ensures that the cost of managing stormwater is directly associated with properties that contribute to higher levels of runoff.
HANOVER TWP. — Officials with the Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority on Tuesday gave a required presentation on how stormwater management fees — called the “rain tax” by critics — are
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As legislators, our job requires us to establish the fiscal and policy guidance that underpins Anne Arundel County. The storm water issue is not an easy topic, nor does it have an easy solution. My goal over the handling of this topic was to remain neutral and allow data to drive me to a decision.