Some Howard farmers up in arms over development rights

Marge Cissel is pressing her right index finger into the cover of a white loose-leaf binder containing a new state law limiting the use of septic systems, urging restricted development rights for some farm property. She's had the binder for months now, adding up what the law means for the value of her family's 310 acres in the Lisbon area, and she's angry.

By Arthur Hirsch, The Baltimore Sun

November 15, 2012