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WYPR Senior News Analyst Fraser Smith and his guests break down recent political news in Maryland.Monday, Wednesday, and Friday 6 am and 8:45 am.

IMP: How The Term "Rain Tax" Duped So Many Marylanders

WYPR's Karen Hosler reports on a poll showing that 54 percent of poll respondents believe the storm water abate fee was actually a tax on Rain. Not so. Clever political operatives dubbed it the “rain tax.” The unpopular levy was imposed as another important way to control harmful runoff into the Chesapeake Bay.