Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller, who has pushed for a hike in the state’s gas tax.
https://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/local/politics/2011/01/miller_says_increase_to_alcoho.htmloldId.20110113190145433
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Transportation funding panel wants 2011 action
https://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/traffic/2011/01/transportation_funding_panel_w.html
"Transportation Secretary Beverly Swaim-Staley said it would take a 7-cent increase in the gas tax simply to make up for the money lost to the trust fund in sales tax revenue. That would mean a 10-cent increase supported by some transportation advocates would yield only a net gain of a little more than $100 million for transportation — a fraction of the state’s identified needs. Swaim-Staley questioned whether the 20-cent gas tax increase needed to raise $650 million would be politically feasible. "