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does this mean they will raise taxes??????? this dosent make sense to me!!!!!!?
im looking up the questions on the presidental ballots for tomorrow and i dont understand what these questions mean. they all start off like this
Question C
County Ordinance
School Borrowing
AN ORDINANCE to authorize and empower Baltimore County, Maryland to borrow $105,204,000 for school projects to be undertaken in the ensuing fiscal years starting July 1, 2009 pursuant to Sections 705(a) and 718 of the Baltimore County Charter. (Bill 58-08)
they all talk about "borrowing" money to fix something, now does that mean if we vote for this that our taxes will be raised? then what about voting yes on question 2? if we dont vote yes then our taxes will have to be raised by $600 million, i seen a commerical about that. so if we vote yes to question 2 and vote for the rest of the questions, does that mean they will still raise taxes???
please help, im soooo confused!!!!!!!!!
can someone who understands what i am talking about answer my question??? stop leaving me fake websites to work at home, that has NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT I AM ASKING!!!!!! REAL ANSWERS ONLY PLEASE!!
3 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
I was trying to look this up to because I wasn't sure about it either. First, I recommend if you don't know what a Bond Ordinance is to google it. I found a pretty good explanation at http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-bond-ordinance.h... Then, you want to look up each Bond Ordinance. I did a search in google for Baltimore County MD Bill 58-08 and found http://resources.baltimorecountymd.gov/Documents/C... The bill number is at the end of each descriptive paragraph in the sample ballot. I am still looking for the full language on each, but this should get you started.
I also found out information about the slots question and about the judges on the ballot at http://www.lwvmd.org/vote/guides/VG%20Baltimore%20...
- 1 decade ago
They are just asking to be allowed to borrow money, not to specifically raise taxes. But they are going to have to pay this money back, so unless they have some spare money stashed someplace, they'd have to raise taxes to pay it off.
Different states handle ballot questions like this differently. Some require voter approval of the spending, but then the elected officials can set the tax rate they need to pay the bills. Some require voter approval of tax increases, at least in some circumstances. And in some states, the elected officials decide what to buy and decide the tax rate without having to go to the voters - the voters elected the officials, so that's all the approval they need
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- JudyLv 71 decade ago
They are just asking to be allowed to borrow money, not to specifically raise taxes. But they are going to have to pay this money back, so unless they have some spare money stashed someplace, they'd have to raise taxes to pay it off.
Different states handle ballot questions like this differently. Some require voter approval of the spending, but then the elected officials can set the tax rate they need to pay the bills. Some require voter approval of tax increases, at least in some circumstances. And in some states, the elected officials decide what to buy and decide the tax rate without having to go to the voters - the voters elected the officials, so that's all the approval they need
