State BRAC funding level criticized by Harford officials

Elected officials in Harford County have been critical of Governor Martin O’Malley’s legislative agenda which doesn’t include BRAC funding for the county.

Some quotes:

“I want to see more focus on ground zero for BRAC, and that’s us,” said County Council President Billy Boniface. “The governor’s been very supportive as far as coming to Harford County and helping out with the planning. But when it comes down to it, just show us the money. We know what we have to do, but we need the state to help us with the money.”

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“I didn’t hear anything about expanding MARC rail service to Elkton before 2011,” said Delegate H. Wayne Norman, the newly appointed Republican from District 35A. “These are all white-collar jobs that are coming, and to say they’re all going to live in Harford County is ridiculous. We need to have MARC access to Cecil County and Delaware, and we need to have it before the jobs get here in 2011.

“We don’t want to catch up once the need is here. We want to be ready.”