47 ABC: Johnny reported wins protecting watermen, poultry, and gun owners
Original headline: "Maryland General Assembly wrap up luncheon: Where the Eastern Shore Delegation says more work needs to be done"
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After his first session as a State Senator, Johnny came home to the Shore and gave a straight account of what the Eastern Shore delegation actually pulled off in Annapolis — and what’s still coming.
The wins were specific and they mattered: protecting watermen’s seats on the aquaculture board, blocking the worst of the bills aimed at poultry and forestry, and pulling back gun legislation that would have hit law-abiding owners across Caroline, Dorchester, Talbot, and Wicomico Counties. None of it was guaranteed. All of it took work in a building where the Eastern Shore is outnumbered every single day.
Johnny didn’t claim victory and walk away. He kept his eye on what came next — which bills Governor Moore would sign, which ones he’d let slide into law, and what that meant for Shore families heading into the summer.
Verbatim excerpt
Many of them were peeled back dramatically and look nothing like they did when first introduced however they were enacted the question is will Governor Moore veto them before the end of May or let them go into law
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This is a summary published with attribution. Read the full article at 47 ABC (WMDT) (Rob Flaks), originally published April 20, 2023.
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