| Gee whiz... another "I got mine, so go f-yourself" law in St. Mary's County. I would like to see a law that states "in addition to prohibiting the development of new homes this law will also require that the county sieze 40% of existing homes, demolish them, and return the property they were on to their former pristine state... all in the name of conserving St. Mary's rural character." Yeah... let's see who thinks preserving the county's rural character was such a vital thing then.
At the rate that house values are skyrocketing in St. Mary's county, and those prices are being met by people who work at high-paying jobs in Washington and Fairfax, who's going to be left to enjoy all the parks and farmlands that this law protects? Certainly not the young families that the area needs over the long term. They're all having to moev out of the area to find affordable housing. |