WASHINGTON POST — Members of the Maryland House of Delegates are still stewing over a threat from the “House of Cards” producers to leave the state if they don’t get millions more dollars in tax credits.
So on Thursday afternoon, delegates issued a threat of their own: Sure, go ahead, leave this beautiful place that’s brimming with dedicated workers. But if you do that, state officials might use eminent domain to purchase, condemn or somehow seize your sets, equipment and other property.
The threat was proposed by Del. C. William “Bill” Frick (D-Montgomery) and was quickly approved with barely any debate or even a roll-call vote.
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