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Tuesday, December 01, 2015

Federal Judge Dismisses Tax Rate Suit, Sending It Back To Worcester For Adjudication

OCEAN CITY — The battle over the property tax rate in Ocean City was sent back to Worcester County last week after a federal judge dismissed a suit filed in U.S. District Court by the Ocean City Taxpayers for Social Justice on several grounds and remanded the case back to Circuit Court.

In June, the Ocean City Taxpayers for Social Justice submitted to the Mayor and Council a petition containing 1,477 signatures validated by the state Board of Elections essentially seeking a roll-back of the property tax rate in the resort to 2009 levels. The petition sought a referendum within 90 days of its filing, or the next scheduled election, which would be November 2016.

Early in July, the Mayor and Council filed a petition for declaratory judgment against the OCTSJ and petition organizer Tony Christ in the Worcester County Circuit Court seeking a judicial review and attempting to halt the petition for referendum at the local level.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The judge threw it out because Tony is a maniac. He could use a joint and some sleep.

Anonymous said...

Governments are addicted to thieving away your money like drug addicts are addicted to crack