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Increased Economic Development
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As Assistant Ranking Republican on the House Economics Matters
Committee, Susan worked toward a business-friendly climate, where new
jobs and investments from private enterprise will be welcomed. In
Carroll County, new businesses will reduce our property tax load by
broadening the tax base, creating jobs and re-energizing some of our
county’s neglected architectural treasures. Susan championed local
economic projects—all of them “clean industry”—that will produce more
than 1,000 high-quality jobs without compromising our roads or
environment.
Susan, Governor Ehrlich and Senator Kittleman lend a hand at
the Warfield Complex groundbreaking, the beginning of an
economic renaissance for South Carroll County.
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Warfield Complex
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Helped the Town of Sykesville launch its
decade-long project to turn vacant Springfield Hospital wards
into the most ambitious commercial project ever attempted in
Carroll County.
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Brought Governor Ehrlich and three Cabinet
Secretaries, all enthusiastic supporters of the
Sykesville/county/state project, to Warfield for the May 2005
groundbreaking.
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Convinced the state to accelerate
construction of the Route 32/851 intersection, which serves
as Warfield’s gateway.
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Helped Sykesville capture state dollars as
the Town pieced together $13 million in county and state funds
for the road and renovation project.
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Smoothed the way for Nexion Health, an
Eldersburg corporation, to win a state historic tax credit so it
could renovate one of the old hospital buildings into its new
headquarters.
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Governor Ehrlich joins the excitement as Nexion Health
President Fran Kirley shows him the old Springfield
Hospital building he renovated as part of the
planned Warfield Corporate and Culture Center.
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Maryland Public Safety Education and
Training
Center
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Ensured that the much-delayed police academic
center project, a renovation of vacant Springfield Hospital
buildings, stayed on track.
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Joined Governor Ehrlich in November 2004 to
dedicate the Police Education and Training Center, which
prepares as many as 500 cadets a day to work as local or state
police officers all over Maryland.
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Governor Ehrlich congratulates Ray Franklin, Assistant
Director of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional
Services, after the Governor’s talk to cadets at the new
Police Training Facility.
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Economic prosperity
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Fought against higher taxes and burdensome
regulations that threaten to drive businesses from Maryland.
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Earned one of the highest cumulative ratings for a
Maryland Delegate on business-related legislation, according to Maryland
Business for Responsive Government, which holds politicians accountable
for our state’s economic health.
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As an appointee to the Maryland Advisory
Commission on Manufacturing Competitiveness, interacted with
manufacturers across Maryland about programs that help them grow
and create jobs.
Universal access to broadband internet in
under-served areas
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Co-sponsored a bill in 2003 aimed at providing
public and private broadband access all over Maryland.
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Ensured that Carroll County was part of the
state’s Task Force on Broadband Communications Deployment in
Underserved Rural Areas, a move that is critical to the success of
planned projects like the Westminster Technology Park.
A qualified workforce
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As a member of the Governor’s Workforce
Investment Board, helped to fill Carroll Community College’s new
Nursing building with qualified instructors to help solve
Maryland’s nurse shortage.
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Responded to real-life needs of business by
working to provide qualified employees in fields like
Information Technology and Bioscience.
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Sponsored legislation to ensure that teachers
are adequately prepared to teach scientifically based reading
programs.
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