?Keep your money,? Baltimore legislators tell state board

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“Keep your money” was what Baltimore County lawmakers told the state Board of Public Works on Wednesday, rejecting $3.9 million for an addition to Loch Raven High School.

The unusual plea by politicians to withhold funding for a project in their districts put them at odds with County Executive Jim Smith. But the board took the rare step of asking for another review of the project, at the same time it approved the full $41 million for public school construction in Baltimore County.

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