Gas Tax Increase Linked to Jobs: Md. Legislators Urged to Add 5 a Gallon for Transportatic
pg. D4__________________________________________________________________________________________________</br></br>ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 11ÛÓAdvo->1; cates of raising MarylandÛªs gasoline ... tax, playing to a General Assembly starved for economic growth, today called it a ÛÏjob-creation tax" that 1': would produce 8,000 jobs and help 'Û¢Ûª lift the state out of recession.</br></br>Appearing before the House ' Û¢ Ways and Means Committee, a va-ÐÊr- riety of business and government leaders lined up behind Gov. Wil-liam Donald Schaefer's proposal to Û raise the state gasoline tax from 18.5	cents a gallon to 23.5 cents to .Ûªfinance construction of highways ,'v and mass transit systems.</br></br>ÛÏRarely do we have the opportu-nity to make such a direct positive .,2 impact on our economy,Û said Donald</br></br>R.	Sauerbrey (R-Baltimore County) questioned the job-creation estimates of the Department of Economic and Employment Development.