Email Your Councilmembers and Tell them NO Recordation Fee and Transfer Tax Increase

Earlier this month, Councilmembers Opel Jones and Christiana Mercer-Rigby introduced legislation to raise recordation fees. The county executive also introduced legislation to raise transfer taxes.

Meanwhile, the county administration choses not to raise nearly 250 DPZ, DPW and DILP fees, among others, for the 20th year in a row, because it would impact the development community during the economic crisis. Not to mention the Moderate Income Housing Fee-in-Lieu, which is not market based increased by a mere 0.02 cents.

So the economic crisis warrants deferring fee increases on the development community, while the taxpayer is fair game. This is unfair and against accountability.

Email the county council and tell them to vote against the transfer tax and recordation fee increases.