If you see something—for example, 6,000 packs of cigarettes in the back of a car—say something.
Specifically, Comptroller Peter Franchot wants you to give him a ring.
The comptroller was in Towson Thursday calling attention to the that have not been taxed in Maryland.
Franchot said lax criminal penalties and high profit margins for smugglers is causing a spike in the trafficking of smokes up the I-95 corridor from places like Virginia and North Carolina where the taxes on a pack are substantially lower than in Maryland.
The comptroller called on the public to keep a vigilant eye out for motorists who might have a few more cigarettes than the typical chain-smoker.
Two weeks ago, police during traffic stops along I-95 near White Marsh, including more than 3,100 that were inside a Honda Accord
"If you happen to look in someone's car and you see 6,000 packs of cigarettes in the back seat, could you call my office?" Franchot said. "We would like to ask those people what the story is."
Don't bother calling if the driver is Keith Richards.
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But I believe they went out in 1997-1998
Re: 90 year-old racist. I'm a seventy year-old racist. In spite of most peoples' denial, we are all racists. It's natural human nature to like PLUs (People Like Us). It's been that way ever since Piltdown man copulated with Neanderthal man, subjugated them into slavery and eventually Killed off the species entirely. That was the most effective homo sapian genocide ever. Piltdowns did that to improve their own quality of life. Crude, wasn't it. I'm not suggesting we practice genocide. I am suggesting every race, religion, nationality, socio-economic class, etc. is prejudiced, EVERY GROUP. "Can't we all just get along?"
They were pirates, poachers and moonshiners who lived in a closely packed enclave where they could duck back and forth across state lines to do what they needed to do. The Irish, the Italians, Slavs and Jews, all in turn, endured the same kind of stigma you are attaching to Latinos. Be a happier person, AMD, and cut it loose.
Are you reading the whole thread? Do you approve of the intolerance and jingoism? As for me, I am rooting for anybody who can beg, borrow or steal their way into the U.S. Immigrants have been picked over and sorted and deported even in the very shadow of the Statue of Liberty. I want a more courteous and civil discourse here, but, alas, that is unlikely. Oh, by the way, I read the letter to the editor which you so proudly sported. It left me flat. Tiny government. Tony Silver Spring.
American companies have tried to send enough factory jobs to foreign countries to keep indigenous populations employed at low wages and our children unemployed and popping oxycodone. Immigrants simply represent the overflow. Taxes? I pay aplenty and will not ever whine. Hey, my tax dollar pays for U.S. Customs, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Homeland Security Administration and the Border Patrol. Armed vigilantes riding around in 4-wheelers with light bars do their share. Only the fittest slip through. Bless their hearts. They are vigorous and their grandchildren will keep the U.S. relevant. Incidentally, why do you even speculate about who I am? I am being clear about what I think, right?
All of who whiting turner hires are hispanics/illegals and the only whites or blacks are PE's at least on the sites we've seen. We have video's like this from many companies..They pay great campaign support to our corrupt politicians.. I will agree they work hard but so do we..
Http://youtu.be/IpADSHQZVYY
Go that other state where the nearest fire department is forty miles away because they can't afford to build fire stations or hire firemen. Go to that other state where some guy can buy the property next to yours and build a gas station and repair shop because there are no zoning laws or zoning inspectors. I don't mind paying the taxes that I do because I receive excellent police and fire service and the county government is responsive.
Thanks, Brian for the story.
BAG TAX- a major annoyance. Let's repeal the Bag Tax-