Baltimore resident Ed Hale, running for governor of Maryland as a Republican, is proposing a significant reduction in the state's vehicle registration fees. The fees, massively increased recently by current Governor Wes Moore and the Democrat-controlled state legislature, are now so high that the state has been forced to offer a payment plan to residents already cash-strapped by high housing and grocery prices. "The cost is ridiculous," one resident complained in a video released yesterday by the Hale campaign. "They wanted me to pay almost $400!" "It's awful," a vehicle owner at the Reisterstown Road Motor Vehicle Administration office in Baltimore said. "Who can afford it? It's too much money."
The skyrocketing fees are "just another way to grab money from you," Hale said at a press conference outside the MVA office. Hale has vowed to cut vehicle registration fees back to the level they were before Moore hiked them. He is also proposing to reduce the state's gas tax, as well as Moore's tire tax.
"We know you have to get to work," Hale said. "We know you have to get the kids to school and to practice. The tire tax, gas tax, registration fees and vehicle emissions fees are outrageous and I'll bring this situation under control."
The vehicle registration fees are crazy high now. They have doubled since i last registered my cars, motorcycle and boat trailer. And they don't give you a discount for multiple years which I think they used to do.
ReplyDeleteHonda Pilot-$191- 1 Year
Honda CRV-$120-1 Year
Motorcycle-$105-1 Year
Boat Trailer-$55-1Year
$471 per year!!! Used to half that cost. And they changed the "Classic Car" discount rules that I could have used for my CRV.
I'd blame the Democrats but I think Hogan did these increases. Hogan was a RINO anyway.