The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-09-07
To The Citizens of Garrett County

To The Citizens of Garrett County
Many of have worked hard for years keep of
debt We have had to sacrifice and deny our families many
carefully and spent cautiously Yet without consent,
mortgage has been placed against our homes, our farms
and businesses 1t not such large mortgage yet but
the Master Plan.
The MASTER PLANNERS in their report dated June
l. 1948 told us that the total cost of building this plan
would be THREE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS Since that time costs have The prices
of lumber cement Steel labor, paint roofing, and every
thing used for construction have still climb
ing Just how much the master plan would under
original estimate Of S35OOOOOOO made in 1913 This rep
resents roughly onefth of the assessed value of all real
and personal property in the county.
How much of a mortgage would be placed against your
property county debt of The table below
gives the approximate amounts:
How much "a
Two Thousand Dollar property. .......$ 10000
Five Thousand Dollar property. ....... 100000
Six Thousand Dollar property ........ 100000
Eight Thousand Dollar property. ..... 100000
Ten Thousand Dollar property. 100000
Fifteen Thousand Dollar property 100000
Twenty Thousand Dollar property 100000
twenty-five Thousand Dollar property. 100000
Fifty Thousand Dollar property. 100000
The above does not include interest
There is not yet enough money available to build the
Master Plan but Fraley State Senator and Attorney
the Commissioners has lan IN oct II For +hn first time
method of financing has been adopted by which the
State helps public officials Of the various counties to mort
gage the properties of their constituents without letting the
people who pay the bills chance upon it. At
the last session of the Legislature Frey helped to enact
law creating state bond issue of fifty million dollars from
which this county made eligible to borrow 100000
without the consent of the people, to finance unsOund
building program, which he had just promised large dele
cation of citizens would not be undertaken But with
the eight hundred and four thousand dollars, added to the
million and half dollar county bond issue they will still
not be able to finance the Master Plan its completion Mr.
Fraley trying to stay Senator and Attorney to
the Commissioners SO they are talking about still more
These loans not state aid They purely oanslOans
that take priority over all other debts
bond issue The law that the authority for the
state bond issue and the loans to the counties requires that
every of this money must be paid back in full with
interest 1t authorizes the State Comptroller to attach and
withhold the county share of the rebate from income taxes
taxes racing the recordation tax tax amusemens,
the incentive fund for schools and the license taxes 1t
qures the County Commissioners to levy fifteen cents
additional each hundred dollars to the State taxes for
fifteen years, until the bonds paid Mr. Fraey voted
for these additional state taxes to be levied against
property.
These powers have been created only recently. 1t is
dangerous legislation, that places dangerous power in the
hands of dangerous Under these proper
ties can be morgaged to the hilt without consent our
schools taken away and people exploited There only
escape from this condition. and it is fortunate that cleo
the formative stage there still time for the people to
seat the who have shrewdly laid the plans to i'm
pOverish The bids for the Master Plan, if
ceived for the amount of available will not be
opened until after the Primary Election. Even these
would hardly have the gall to commit the county for
much after having been defeated Besides there is not
enough money on hand now to complete the Master Plan At
the most they could do than let contracts for
of buildings and should they attempt spend all the
money hand at place they will be stopped
Asking bids opened just after the election only
election which they hoped would help them to win
the nomination
Finally, l wish to the people that they do not
have vote for the Master Planners order to get i'm
provemens to school buildings We know that Oakland
is in real need of a high school building We pledge
support building to meet the needs of that section
of county, and to the improvement of buildings at the
other school Such program be carried to
pletion without creating additional mortgages upon our
homes.
CLIFFORD FRIEND
Candidate for State Senator.