P.G. Council, businesses question administration of economic fund

Prince George’s County Council members and business leaders are questioning why the county executive’s office, rather than one of the county’s financial institutions that already distribute grants, would run a proposed economic development incentive fund. The $50 million fund, Rushern Baker’s first major initiative as county executive, would shell out millions of dollars to businesses in an effort to keep them from leaving the county, as well as to attract new developers to Prince George’s.