Fiscal woes drive anxiety over county?s readiness for BRAC

County planners believeAnne Arundel can handle the projected job surge at Fort Meade, but others are worried money will not be available.

“It?s great that this county is doing a lot of work in planning, but will there be enough money in government budgets? You can slice the pie in only so many ways,” said Doreen Strothman, a member of the task force developing the county?s approach to Base Realignment and Closure growth.