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Article: Maryland Board of Public Works approves $7.2M Kent Island land deal
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- The Daily Record (Baltimore)
- Article date:
- August 2, 2007
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A divided Board of Public Works approved a $7.2 million deal
Wednesday to preserve a piece of land at the northern tip of Kent
Island in Queen Anne's County.
The board, which oversees state spending, voted 2 to 1 in favor of
the purchase even as officials agreed on the need to refocus the
priorities of the state open space program under which the 74-acre
parcel was acquired.
Comptroller Peter Franchot cast the dissenting vote, with Gov.
Martin O'Malley and Treasurer Nancy Kopp voting in favor of the
purchase. Franchot said he was not convinced that the project was the
best application of taxpayer money or that it fit into the priorities
of Program Open Space, an initiative to create new ...
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... ... following news release: On November 15, Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr. announced that the Board of Public Works approved $46,000 in Program Open Space funds for Christ Rock Park in Dorchester County. The park will use the funds to renovate the ...
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