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The real-estate businessman said he would also cut spending
and run the government more efficiently.
Hogan reiterated as well his promise to eliminate the "rain tax"
— a fee enacted in response to Environmental Protection Agency
requirements to reduce stormwater pollution entering Chesapeake
Bay, the Post said. (http://wapo.st/1ucWhdM)
The governor-elect, who assumes office on Jan. 21, said he would
wait for the results from his team — assembled specifically to
comb through the budget — before making any decisions on budget
cuts, the report said.
Hogan, a surprise winner over Lieutenant-Governor Anthony Brown,
was one of three Republicans to win a governorship in a heavily
Democratic state on election day. The others were Bruce Rauner
in Illinois and Charlie Baker in Massachusetts.
(Reporting by Ankush Sharma in Bangalore; Editing by Simon
Jennings and Ted Kerr)
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