The Maryland Public Policy Institute is dedicated to promoting the principles of our Founding Fathers. We know that the liberties we enjoy today are the result of their courage and sacrifice.

That is why the Institute believes it is fitting to honor Maryland’s greatest patriot, Charles Carroll, who helped secure the freedom of this country through his thought and action.

Many people love city life. But Baltimore City's property tax rate - at least twice that of the rest of the state - often makes it financially impossible for people and businesses to choose. The situation is so bad the city's chief economic developer said recently that projects would not be built if not for tax and other breaks given to developers.

Hundreds of millions of dollars in incentives to developers has not turned the city around, however. It lost 30,000 people and 53,000 jobs in the past 10 years following decades of outmigration. These figures have made many residents question the city's development strategy and pushed lowering property taxes to the top priority of most mayoral candidates this year.

Please join the Maryland Public Policy Institute at a forum to hear competing plans for lowering property taxes from mayoral candidates and other civic leaders as well as alternative plans for reviving the city.