State approves park funds, for now

This week?s approval of funding for a new Baltimore County park could soon become a commodity, lawmakers fear.

Plans for a park in Kingsville are under way after the state?s Board of Public Works this week authorized $941,000 for the county?s purchase of a 25-acre parcel in the northeast corner of Raphel Road and Interstate 95. But legislators said park funds could be the first to go as Gov. Martin O?Malley prepares to make $550 million in budget cuts to curb the state?s $1.5 billion deficit.