Assembly ends with a flurry; Passage of school aid for Baltimore City highlights final day; `It was a tough session'; Environmental bills, $15 billion budget also pass in last hours FINAL Edition

The governor did win approval of his Smart Growth bill, which will steer hundreds of millions of dollars in state spending into designated growth areas in an effort to discourage suburban sprawl. [Parris N. Glendening]'s original bill was weakened somewhat by the House of Delegates, where key l...

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Published inThe Sun (Baltimore, Md. : 1837)
Main Author Thomas W. Waldron Sun staff writers Michael Dresser, Ivan Penn, C. Fraser Smith and William F. Zorzi Jr. contributed to this article
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Baltimore, Md Tribune Publishing Company, LLC 08.04.1997
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Glendening, Parris
Taylor, Casper R Jr
Baltimore Maryland
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Summary:The governor did win approval of his Smart Growth bill, which will steer hundreds of millions of dollars in state spending into designated growth areas in an effort to discourage suburban sprawl. [Parris N. Glendening]'s original bill was weakened somewhat by the House of Delegates, where key lawmakers worried about local governments losing control of land-use decisions. But environmental advocates said the bill nonetheless represents a major policy shift. While the Assembly approved the racing package, it refused to take up the issue most desired by the industry -- slot machines at the tracks -- because of Glendening's threatened veto of any such legislation. Republicans -- and their likely candidate for governor in 1998, Ellen R. Sauerbrey -- were more important politically and substantively than in any recent session. GOP votes were crucial to passage of the Baltimore schools bill, and Republican lawmakers'
ISSN:1930-8965