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What is the “War on Rural Maryland?”
Opponents of Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley’s efforts to control suburban sprawl use the term to describe his proposed legislation to ban the construction of large subdivisions on septic systems in some rural areas.
But supporters of the governor’s planning efforts say the real “War on Rural Maryland” is something else. It’s the march of cookie-cutter developments with huge lawns (like the one above) across farmland, forests, and streams that feed the Chesapeake Bay.