| LeRoy E. Myers, Jr. | |
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| Delegate Maryland District 1C | |
| In office January 8, 2003 – Present |
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| Preceded by | Casper R. Taylor, Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 8, 1951 Hagerstown, Maryland |
| Political party | Republican |
LeRoy E. Myers, Jr. is a Maryland politician.
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LeRoy Myers was first elected into the Maryland House of Delegates in 2003 to represent District 1C, which covers Allegany & Washington Counties. He defeated long-time delegate and Speaker of the House, Casper R. Taylor. Taylor had been a staunch proponent of bring slot machines into Maryland, but with his defeat by Myers, the passage of slots has remained in limbo, until the 2008 referendum. In 2006, he easily defeated a political newcomer, Brian Grim.
Myers attended Hagerstown Community College.
Myers served in U.S. Army Reserves from 1970–76. He is the owner of a General Contracting Company in Western Maryland, MYERS BUILDING SYSTEMS. Myers formed Myers Building Systems in 1985 after working for over 15 years with his father's company, LeRoy Myers, Inc. During those years Myers had the opportunity to grow a general contracting division and in 1985 purchased the assets from the family business and started Myers Building Systems. He currently is a member of the Hagerstown-Washington County Chamber of Commerce the Allegany County Chamber and the Hancock Chamber. He is also a member of the National Federation of Independent Businesses. His business has expanded since the start up in 1985 to more than 7 times the volume. Myers Building is responsible for more than 2500 structures in the Tri State area, but mainly has been mostly successful in building Car Dealerships. They have had the opportunity to assist in design in about every make of dealership from Mercedes, Toyota, Honda, VW, Kia, Ford, Chevrolet, Dodge, Chrysler, Nissan, Subaru, Mazda, Mitsubitshi and currently are under contract to build a new Acura. Other projects include private schools, industrial warehouses working for Fortune 500 firms such as Staples and FedX.
In 2007, Myers made a proposal to "prohibit motorists from displaying anything resembling or depicting 'anatomically correct' or 'less than completely and opaquely covered' human or animal genitals, human buttocks or female breasts".[1] He was referring to the popular accessories for pickup trucks and other vehicles known as, Truck nuts, calling the dangling testicles "vulgar and immoral," and stated that his proposal was made at the request of a constituent who was offended by the accessories.[1]
| Name | Votes | Percent | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| LeRoy E. Myers, Jr., Rep. | 6,398 | 57.2% | Won |
| Brian K. Grim, Dem. | 4,769 | 42.7% | Lost |
| Name | Votes | Percent | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| LeRoy E. Myers, Jr., Rep. | 5,657 | 50.3% | Won |
| Casper R. Taylor, Dem. | 5,581 | 49.6% | Lost |