Tag: County Council
County Councilman Daryl Jones Charged In Federal Court
The Baltimore Sun’s Nicole Fuller is reporting that Anne Arundel County Councilman Daryl Jones has been charged in Baltimore’s US District Court for failure to file tax returns in 2005. According to The Sun, Jones “willfully” failed to file a return on nearly $250,000 of income. 2005 is the year before Jones was first elected [...]
Candidates’ Forum October 13, 2010
The public can attend a county candidates’ forum presented by the Anne Arundel County Commission on Disability Issues and more than a dozen organizations representing individuals with disabilities. The free candidates’ night will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13, at the Providence Center Baldwin Industries, 1254 Ritchie Highway, Arnold. Candidates for [...]
Trumbauer Wins After Provisional Count
After the provisional count, Chris Trumbauer still holds the lead in the race for County Council District 6. There are a few straggling absentee ballots to be counted-they arrived after the first canvass, but were postmarked by the election. As it is now, Trumbauer has 3255 votes to Ferrar’s 3212—43 votes. Last week, we crunched [...]
Trumbauer To Beat Ferrar By 39 Votes
Facebook users: Please share this with your friends by clicking the “recommend” button! OK, so here is our “Dewey Defeats Truman” moment. But I think we have a leg up on the Chicago Times thanks to the technological advances and available data today. For those following the District 6 County Council Race, you know it [...]
A Message From Chris Trumbauer
After the first absentee ballot count yesterday, I am very pleased to be up by 50 votes. The second count will occur on Wednesday September 22nd for remaining absentee, military and provisional ballots. Throughout this campaign I have been inspired by the effort of my volunteers and supporters, and I know they are awaiting a [...]
Ferrar Closes Gap Slightly, No Results Expected Today
It looks like we will need to wait until tomorrow to know the outcome of the Anne Arundel County District 6 Council race. 297 absentee ballots were counted today and there are still 227 provisional ballots which need to be authenticated (or not) and counted (or not). But after the absentee count, Ferrar was able [...]
Council Candidate’s Son Arrested On Drug Charges
County Council hopeful Phil Bissett’s teenage son was arrested by Anne Arundel County Police early this morning. According to the police report, Corey Phillip Bissett and Taylor Richard Madden were initially questioned by police for trespassing at Beverly Beach Park near Edgewater. When police questioned the teens and subsequently searched the area they discovered suspected [...]
Muddy Political Water
Contrary to an erroneous post on a local blog, local activist and former City Council candidate Scott Bowling is not running for County Council. Bowling has indeed filed the proper paperwork to be listed on the primary ballot for the Republican Central Committee for District 30. Previously, Bowling had expressed an interest in running for [...]
A Challenger For Chuck Ferrar
Chris Trumbauer To Seek County Council Seat Chris Trumbauer, a noted local community and environmental advocate, announced today that he is seeking the Democratic nomination for the District 6 County Council seat in Anne Arundel County. “I’m running because I love Anne Arundel County. I have lived here for over 10 years and it’s time [...]
School Construction Budget Proposal A Setback For Students
Over the last several years, the County Council and our school system administration have spent a considerable amount of time trying to align our six-year Capital Improvement Plan in such a way that we can leverage the maximum amount of state dollars to improve schools throughout our county. Through that collaborative process, one in which [...]
Annapolis Alderman Running For Another Office
Finlayson To Run For County Council Eye On Annapolis has learned that Annapolis Alderman, Sheila Finlayson (D-Ward 4) is preparing to throw her hat into the ring for Anne Arundel County Council. This will put Finalyson and recently appointed Councilman Chuck Ferrar on the Democratic Ballot in the primary election in September. This will set [...]
Phil Bissett Running Again
Former Delegate Running for County Council Former Delegate Phil Bissett, who lost in the Republican Primary for County Executive to John Leopold, is running again. This time he has tossed his hat into the ring for County Council for the 7th District. Bissett’s website is still under constructio9n, but his Facebook page appears to have [...]
Slots On The Ballot?
Image via Wikipedia Maybe. Maybe Not In 2008, voters of Anne Arundel County overwhelmingly approved slot machines in the County. The glitch was that the County needed to approve the proper zoning. But as soon as one proposal came on the table for the Arundel Mills Mall, it seems a lot of NIMBYs (Not In [...]
County Council Selection
Chuck Ferrar Elected Selected To AA Council At last night’s County Council meeting, local businessman Chuck Ferrar was selected to replace the vacancy created by Josh Cohen. Ferrar is the owner of Bay Ridge Wine & Spirits in Annapolis. Ferrar steps into politics at a crucial time for the County as the council remains deeply [...]
County Council Pulls Fast One
Déjà Vu With Arundel Slots Once again, the County Council has stalled taking action on the slots referendum which was voted for by the citizens of this county last year. But this time, they are trying to convince voters that they are actually doing something. Do they think the voters have such short memories? It [...]
County Council Ticks Off Governor
Anne Arundel Holding Up Slots Statewide Because of their recent spine-ectomy, the County Council has ticked off the Governor leading him to claim “It’s very frustrating. They were waiting for the court, and then the court said, ‘We’re not going to be the County Council for you, you all need to make a decision.’ You’ve [...]
Slots In AA County? Not Likely
Council & Leopold Again Postpone Vote At this rate, slots will never come to Anne Arundel County despite the wishes of the voters. The County Concil has repeatedly postponed the vote and just last night, they pulled several supporting bills under the direction of County Executive Leopold. Citing the need to have a “full council” [...]
The Leopold Poll
Our County Executive is once again embroiled in a controversy regarding his extra-curricular activities. What are your thoughts? What should he do? Please take our poll and be sure to leave your comment below! You can choose more than one answer! And if you need the backstories (in reverse chronological order), you can click here, [...]
Who Does Jamie Benoit Work For?
County Councilman Appears To March To His Own Drummer Once again, it seems that our elected representatives are more interested in their own agenda than in representing their constituents. Last week, our Republican County Executive was accused of sexual and physical harassment, and now it seems that Democratic Councilman Jamie Benoit from District 4 has [...]
Some Politicians Are BraveSpineless Creatures
As we come off “celebrating” Cinco de Mayo, another Spanish term comes to mind–COJONES. Well, specifically a lack of them. I am not sure where to start, so we might as well start with the County Council. Cowardly Council They were elected to represent their constituents. So why are they now refusing to vote on [...]
