OCEAN CITY, Md. (WBFF) — Fireworks erupt ahead of the Fourth of July holiday weekend as Maryland state officials, coastline leaders, and community members clash over an offshore wind project that continues to inch forward.
State Sen. Mary Beth Carozza, R-Somerset, Wicomico, and Worcester Counties, told Spotlight on Maryland while walking through Convention Center Boardwalk Park along the Isle of Wight Bay on Wednesday that she has never seen widespread unity in opposition to any project among area elected officials and beach leaders since joining the Maryland General Assembly in 2015.
So many people and families just don’t want to see these turbines,” Carozza said. “They don’t make sense, they know they’re expensive, they know they’re being paid for by the taxpayers’ dollars, and they want to protect our way of life.”…