My wife Barbara and I are lifetime residents of Essex and the 6th Legislative District. We have been married for 39 years and have two wonderful daughters, two terrific son-in-laws , two granddaughters and a grandson. My family values spending time together and we especially enjoy outdoor activities such as hunting and fishing.
Barbara retired in 2001 from Norwood Elementary School in Dundalk after 34 years with the Baltimore County Board of Education. I retired in 2009 as a Captain in the Baltimore County Fire Department assigned to Station 6 in Dundalk where I began my career 28 years ago. In 2005, I retired after 32 years of proud service to our country in the 175th Maryland Air National Guard.
In 2002, I was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates representing the 6th Legislative District, which includes Essex, Dundalk, Edgemere, Fort Howard and Rosedale. Prior to my election, I was a political activist for nearly 30 years and worked for many state, local and national candidates.
My father, Michael H. Weir, Sr. retired from the House of Delegates in 2002. I was deeply involved in each of his political campaigns beginning with the first in 1966 and continuing until his last re-election campaign in 1998.
I serve on: the Environmental Matters Committee, the Agricultural Preservation & Open Space Subcommittee, the Local Government & Bi-County Agencies subcommittee and the Natural Resources & Ethics subcommittee. I am also a member of the Maryland Fire,
Rescue and EMS Caucus, the Maryland Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus, the Maryland Veterans Caucus and the National Conference of State Legislatures (agriculture & rural development committee).
In 2003, I was appointed to serve as one of the Maryland members of the Chesapeake Bay Commission along with representatives from Virginia and Pennsylvania. In 2006, I moved from the Bay Commission to the Critical Bays oversight committee, where I serve today.
One of my highest priorities in the House of Delegates is improving the health of the Chesapeake Bay. We have made progress but Maryland must do much more to insure that a healthy bay will be part of our children and grand children’s future. After all, they deserve nothing less.
In additional to cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay, other issues I have focused on include education, parental rights, gun ownership & hunting rights. I have worked to ease some of the financial burden placed upon our senior citizens by the recent increases in motor vehicle registration fees and prescription drugs.
If you would like more information on legislation I have sponsored or co-sponsored, please log on to the Maryland General Assembly website at www.mlis.state.md.us
I value your opinions and comments. Please let me hear from you!