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County Commissioner, Calvert County · At Large

Jason Scaggs

Candidate for County Commissioner, Calvert County, At Large

Republican

Background

Occupation
Owner, Scaggs Site Development
Campaign website
scaggs4commissioner.com

Owner of Scaggs Site Development, an excavating and infrastructure business, who grew up on his family's farm in Lower Marlboro and graduated from Northern High School and the University of Maryland.

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Documented positions

Taxes & budget

  • Pledges to cut waste and hold taxes steady.

    Would put savings into fire equipment and turf fields for the four high schools.

    Priorities

    Campaign website · Friends of Jason Scaggs · scaggs4commissioner.com

    “Cut the waste, hold the line on taxes, and put the savings into upgraded fire equipment and turf fields for all four high schools.”
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Housing

  • Opposes large apartment complexes.

    Priorities

    Campaign website · Friends of Jason Scaggs · scaggs4commissioner.com

    “Big apartment complexes strain our roads, schools, and water and erase the rural character that makes this home.”
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Economy & jobs

  • Proposes privatizing site-plan review and inspections.

    Priorities

    Campaign website · Friends of Jason Scaggs · scaggs4commissioner.com

    “Privatize site-plan review, privatize inspections and stop requiring engineered permits for pools, decks, additions, garages”
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Environment & parks

  • Opposes the proposed data center.

    Says the decision belongs on the ballot.

    Priorities

    Campaign website · Friends of Jason Scaggs · scaggs4commissioner.com

    “After months of research, I’m a firm No on the data center.”
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Health & human services

  • Supports county control of the health department.

    Priorities

    Campaign website · Friends of Jason Scaggs · scaggs4commissioner.com

    “County control of the health department, redevelopment with modern septic, and a real inventory and sale of unused county land.”
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Government & transparency

  • Opposes nondisclosure agreements and private negotiations.

    Priorities

    Campaign website · Friends of Jason Scaggs · scaggs4commissioner.com

    “No more NDAs and private meetings, residents deserve to be in the room before the decisions get made.”
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