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Maryland’s environment is one of its greatest resources. Delegates Boteler
and Cluster believe that special care must be taken to protect the Chesapeake
Bay and preserve open space for conservation and recreation.
In 2004, Governor Ehrlich proposed, and the Maryland General Assembly adopted, a
Chesapeake Bay Restoration Fund to clean up Maryland’s greatest natural
resource. Joe Boteler and John Cluster were the only delegates from the Eighth
District who supported this landmark initiative.
Delegates Boteler and Cluster have also made open space a top priority. In a
growing area like northeastern Baltimore County, it is important to constantly
renovate our athletic fields and identify land for new recreational sites.
Delegates Boteler and Cluster successfully lobbied to transfer land along Minte
Drive in Perry Hall from the state to Baltimore County for a future community
park. In the 2005 legislative session, Delegates Boteler and Cluster joined with
other legislators to secure funding to improve the ballfields at Fullerton
Elementary School and renovate the cabins at Lillian Holt Park in the Overlea
area.
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