I did some digging on the new Maryland Paint Tax
I was reading another thread and people kept calling it a 'fee' and not a 'tax', so I looked into it. The distinction is that a tax goes to the government, a fee in this case goes to an Out of State non profit that pays its CEO $1,000,000 / year with a $6 million in employees wages a year.
It turns out that J Andrew Doyle , its CEO is actually the CEO of the largest Paint Lobby group in the United States located in DC, and all the key members also work for the ' American Coatings Association ' (the About Us page is locked but they all have it on their linkedin.
So a wealthy DC lobby group locks their website staff page, opens a new non profit with the false pretense of recycling paint (they only say they dump it in concrete mixes or throw in the landfill but provide no percentage numbers) and pay themselves with your 'FEE'
Their website's staff page is locked but here's proof
Jeffrey Wasikowski is the attorney for American Coatings Association (the lobby) and makes $400k from the non profit ?
You can look them all up on Linkedin, they all work for both the lobby group and the non-profit getting double income
You can't side with a DC Lobby Group that works for the paint industry thinking that you're doing something for the environment
| Key Employees and Officers | Compensation | Related | Other |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marjaneh Zarrehparvar (President/Coo) | $302,933 | $0 | $37,535 |
| J Andrew Doyle (Ceo (Aca President And Ceo)) | $227,658 | $682,972 | $41,523 |
| Jeffrey Wasikowski (Vp And General Counsel/ Secretary) | $192,552 | $82,522 | $55,710 |
| Paul Fresina (Director, Special Projects) | $187,500 | $0 | $31,383 |
| Fred Gabriel (Director Of Operations) | $185,750 | $0 | $54,499 |
| Melissa Gibbons (Associate General Counsel) | $182,237 | $32,159 | $19,454 |
| Nichole Dorr (Director State Projects) | $153,660 | $0 | $42,352 |
| Heidi Mc Auliffe (Vp Of Government Affairs) | $135,383 | $135,384 | $57,475Key Employees and Officers Compensation Related Other |