Local Business Owners Support Hotel Tax
The business owners want politicians to pass legislation for a tax to fund tourism-marketing projects.
Several Harford County business owners have started a grass roots effort to tell local politicians to pass enabling legislation for a tax that would fund tourism-marketing projects. Harford is the only county in Maryland that does not have a hotel tax, a fee tacked on every time a customer pays for lodging. If the state delegation passes enabling legislation in Annapolis, then municipalities in Harford County can levy a tax. “We are asking for a level playing field,” said Becky Fitzgerald, chair of the Harford County Tourism Board. “When we travel for pleasure or business, we’re helping out other counties but the reverse isn’t true here, so it’s high time we have that tax.” Fitzgerald is the owner of The Lantern Queen, a riverboat ride, …
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James P. Miller
7:41 pm on Wednesday, November 23, 2011
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