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TAX-INCREASE LAWSUIT
Lawmakers Question Gansler's Impartiality
Republican lawmakers suing to overturn Maryland's new tax increases called yesterday for an investigation by the state prosecutor's office, saying that the Democratic attorney general cannot be impartial in the case.
The lawmakers called on Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler (D) to request that the state prosecutor's office, which investigates allegations of public corruption allegations and other crimes, take over the case.
The GOP says the Senate adjourned illegally for more than three days during a special session in November without consent of the House of Delegates. The Democrat-dominated legislature approved $1.4 billion in tax increases during the session.
Gansler spokeswoman Raquel Guillory said there is no reason to "waste valuable resources on a case we believe involved no wrongdoing whatsoever."
A Carroll County judge is scheduled to hear arguments in the case today.
-- Lisa Rein
