Maryland’s Comptroller Makes the Rounds
Taking time from his busy fiscal schedule this week, Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot took a tour through Deale to visit four family-owned businesses.
“It’s not easy to be successful, it takes a lot of hard work,” Franchot told Bay Weekly. “I think showing up and recognizing these businesses is a big part of my job.”
Franchot has trekked over 750,000 miles to make sure small businesses feel supported.
The comptroller stopped first at Weaver Boat Works to visit owners Vicki and Jim Weaver, leaders of, he said, “a group of geniuses who stood on the private sector, capitalism-free-enterprise system to build something that will last for decades.” He got a behind-the-scenes look at three hulls for what he called “unique high-end luxury sport fishing boats” in progress on Weaver’s workshop floor.
Next Franchot popped into a second Weaver establishment, Deale Hardware and Home Center — otherwise known as Do It Best — to present a proclamation to Weaver daughter Ashley, the store’s manager. He then visited yet another Weaver business, South County Café, to praise its fresh-baked pies.