Issue Position: The Environment

Issue Position

I support the efforts to protect our environment. Clean water, clean air and taking care of our land are essential not only to our well-being but our children as well. We do not inherit the planet from our parents; we borrow it from our children.

Our local legislators have let us down on many environmental issues. One such example is MD House Bill 987, the Storm Water Remediation Fee (also known as the "Rain Tax"). Storm water runoff is a major polluter of Chesapeake Bay and we all understand the danger that it poses to our enjoyment of the bay, the seafood it produces, the jobs created and the tourism it generates. But the legislation places the burden of remediating the runoff on just the 10 counties west of the bay, although all of us contribute to the pollution. I believe we all share this burden, not just the few listed in the legislation. This is an important issue and we need to get it done right and fairly.

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