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Gary Mauler is the newest member of the Dewey Beach Planning & Zoning Commission. His three-year term will expire May 15, 2011.
Mauler volunteered to serve on planning and zoning in an email sent to Mayor Dell Tush May 8, the day before she presented him to the town council as her nominee for the seat held by Carolann Dryer. Her term expired May 15.
Mauler said he decided to volunteer for the job after discovering on the web that a new member would be appointed.
“It got to a point where there was so much going on I realized they needed a lot of help,” he said.
“I have been visiting Dewey Beach since I was born in 1950,” Mauler wrote in his email to the mayor. “Dewey Beach holds a lot of good memories for me and has been a very important part of my life.” Among his qualifications Mauler listed being a civic leader in his hometown of Jessup, Md., for 25 years.
In Anne Arundel County, Md., he served as president of a group of civic associations, founded a coalition of civic associations, and served on two land-use planning committees, all of which addressed development issues.
A fellow engineer at Northrop Grumman Corporation, Mueller said he has dealt with major traffic issues and believes he can assist Dewey in dealing with its.
During a May 13 interview, Mauler discussed his active involvement in opposing development of a mall near the Baltimore-Washington International Airport and a $100 million auto speedway in western Anne Arundel County.
Mauler said his family owns three houses on Dickinson Street and that he usually visits Dewey two or three weekends a month during the spring and fall. He said he attended one public hearing during fall 2007 and has attended no other planning and zoning or town council meetings. “I’ve tried to stay out of the political arena,” Mauler said.
“It appears to be hostile down there.”
Mauler said he intends to think outside the box and that he hopes to bring some new ideas to the planning and zoning commission.“The big issue from what we’re reading on the web has been about Ruddertowne,” Mauler said, noting he has no real concern regarding the proposed Ruddertowne redevelopment project. He also said he does not have a vested interest in anything. “We’re not business property owners and we’re not lobbying to make a buck. So we have no interest other than to make it a vibrant town,” Mauler said. “I’m just an engineer concerned about the community.”
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