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	<title>Owner's Manual &#187; Maine</title>
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	<description>don't guess...check the Book</description>
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		<title>REMINDER: Mikulski Car Tax deduction active through 12/31/09</title>
		<link>http://leogibbons.com/blog/2009/12/05/reminder-mikulski-car-tax-deduction-active-through-123109/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo Gibbons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the year comes to a close, we want to remind you that Rep. Barbara Mikulski’s (D-Md.) Car Tax Credit that was included in the stimulus package this spring is still in effect, but not for much longer. Mikulski’s provision provides a state sales and excise deduction for all tax payers who purchased a new car [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gas tax increase proposed</title>
		<link>http://leogibbons.com/blog/2009/05/29/gas-tax-to-increase/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 17:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo Gibbons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More evidence that Maine lawmakers have never met a tax they didn&#8217;t like:  The legislature will consider an 11-cents-per-gallon increase in the gas tax to help fund road repair, after the transportation committee approved the proposal without Republican support. The committee voted 9-4 in favor of the bill, with four of the five Republican members voting against it, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Excise tax cut appears headed to referendum</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo Gibbons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[digg_url = "http://leogibbons.com/blog/2009/04/08/excise-tax-cut-appears-headed-to-referendum-portland-press-herald/";digg_title = "Excise tax cut appears headed to referendum";digg_bgcolor = "#FFFFFF";digg_skin = "normal";digg_url = undefined;digg_title = undefined;digg_bgcolor = undefined;digg_skin = undefined; More evidence of Maine lawmakers’ anti-business attitude. Without argument, the biggest deterrent to new car sales in the state of Maine is the oppressive excise tax.&#160; Most states have either no fee, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heritage Days in Bath, Maine</title>
		<link>http://leogibbons.com/blog/2008/05/26/bath-heritage-days-in-bath-maine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 01:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leo Gibbons</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Heritage Days are four fun-filled days in July.]]></description>
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