Monday, June 24, 2013

Religious groups pushing for city stormwater fee reduction

Committee OKs 83 percent cut as contentious debate continues

June 11, 2013|By Scott Calvert, The Baltimore Sun
 
The two Catholic parishes led by the Rev. Robert Wojtek could pay more than $6,000 in new city stormwater fees later this year — an amount equal to an entire Sunday collection at his Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Highlandtown.

To Wojtek, that means limiting the parishes' ability to provide services, such as letting community groups use the Highlandtown church hall at minimal cost or giving out food at the pantry behind St. Michael and St. Patrick Church in Upper Fells Point.

READ MORE:  http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2013-06-11/news/bs-md-stormwater-fee-nonprofits-20130611_1_nonprofits-stormwater-religious-groups

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