New P.G. economic fund shelved for summer

Prince George’s County Executive Rushern Baker’s first signature proposal, a bill establishing an economic development incentive fund, has been shelved for the summer, according to County Council members. Baker’s staff had been pushing to get the bill passed before the council’s August recess, but council members were divided over whether the $50 million fund had the proper checks and balances in place to ensure it would not fail in an effort to transform undeveloped properties around county Metro stations.

Councilman Will Campos, D-Hyattsville, chairman of the finance committee where the legislation had stalled, canceled a Monday afternoon meeting that had been scheduled to vote on the bill.