Maryland's Step Backwards Into Sprawl

Maryland Governor Bob Ehrlich "has delivered a first-rate program to upgrade sewage treatment. But he has set the stage for what is the fifth-most densely-populated state in the nation to be consumed by sprawl development in the next few decades.

...This is ironic for an administration that repeatedly says its environmental policies are guided by good science and efficient use of taxpayer dollars...

In Ehrlich's administration, even using the words 'Smart Growth' is discouraged. His budgets have slashed by 75 percent the funding for Program Open Space, the state's major land-acquisition fund. The program has lost about $200 million on his watch."