Business Journal examines taxing behaviors of Fenty, Gray

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Few are willing to look at how the go-go builder Fenty or the social service-oriented Gray will treat taxes.  But the Washington Business Journal asked and answered  the hard questions: “Where do the candidates stand on tax hikes to close budget gaps? Will the cost of doing business with the District continue to grow under a Gray or Fenty administration?”

The answer?  Fenty hasn’t raised taxes, “but hiked more than 600 fees.”  And while Gray has “brushed off attempts to hike the income tax for the city’s top earners,” he hasn’t promised to reverse Fenty’s fees.