Jenna Jarvis, Haley Marcussen and Kelli Compton were kept busy with morning meetings to lobby state delegates in Annapolis.

The 12-year-old lobbyists weren't looking for tax breaks for cookie sellers or new laws, instead the members of Cadette Troop 2062 in Pasadena were among 150 Girl Scouts who asked lawmakers to pass legislation that would help fund an expansion of the Girl Scout office in Baltimore.

Del. Theodore Sophocleus, D-Linthicum, told Cadettes Sarah Jones and Briana Gestiehr of Glen Burnie Troop 270 that it's a tough year to be asking for money.

"The governor put in for $15 million for projects like this....