Plan adds fees to cover budget gap

Published January 28, 2008 5:00am ET



New fees from residents, including what could be a more than tenfold increase in the cost for claiming a towed car and an extra dime to ride the bus, will help Montgomery County plug a $401 million projected budget deficit for the fiscal year that starts in July.

Under County Executive Ike Leggett’s a plan, which currently awaits final approval from the County Council, police will raise fees for towing cars substantially.

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