To the residents near Bay Ridge Road, the implication was clear: A developer can control votes on the County Council. To the politicians accused of crafting a shady backroom deal, the residents are sore losers.
The saga began last week as about a dozen people sat in the lobby of Arundel Center in Annapolis, holding vigil after the council voted down an amendment they needed for a land deal.
Two 80-year-old Samaras women, matriarchs of a longtime Annapolis family, sat amid developers who were trying to change the zoning on their property off Bay Ridge Road and leaders of community groups who agreed to help them.
The residents...
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