Thursday, February 7, 2013
The county's delegation of senators will spend the afternoon discussing where and how businesses can sell beer and wine.
It is unclear what the rules are regarding state legislators drinking on the job, but Thursday afternoon's agenda for the Montgomery County Senate Delegation may be enough to make anyone reach for the nearest glass of vino. Here's what county senators will be discussing and possibly voting on today: 1) Winery Special Event Permits—Farmers' Markets, sponsored by Del. Eric Luedtke (D-Dist. 14). Essentially, farmers' markets need permits to host special wine tasting events. With all of the markets in Montgomery County, legislators want to amend the law to allow them to be able to get a permit. Read more here. The House delegation already voted yes on this. 2) Montgomery County - Alcoholic Beverages - Refillable Beer Containers, sponsored …
Saturday, February 2, 2013
What's going on in Annapolis that affects Montgomery County?
'Tis the season, when dozens of legislators from Montgomery County file into Annapolis to create and pass (or shut down) a bevy of new laws that may or may not change our daily lives. The Maryland General Assembly convened Jan. 9, 2013, and it won't adjourn until April. Since you can't be there, keeping an eye on lawmakers from your town, we'll be rounding up some of their more important deeds each week. Here's what our local legislators did recently: Takoma Park Delegate Heather Mizeur, a Democrat who everyone says is running for governor next year, is doing something that only a person interested in state office would do—leave her district to give a speech. She's talking to the Queen Anne's County Democratic Club next month about "major…
Friday, October 26, 2012
State senators and delegates wrote a letter to Pepco Friday asking for information on the utility's storm preparation.
State lawmakers from Montgomery County want to know about Pepco's preparations for Hurricane Sandy, a Category 1 storm that is predicted to hit Maryland late Sunday or Monday. Fifteen state senators and delegates from seven legislative districts signed a letter Friday to the company's president, Thomas H. Graham. The lawmakers cited this summer's derecho and 2011's Hurricane Irene, storms that left Montgomery County with widespread power outages, as reasons for why they're checking up on the company's efforts. Lawmakers asked Pepco four questions about how the utility will respond to outages from the hurricane. The questions, excerpted from the letter: 1) Will Pepco take appropriate precautions and initiate communications and outreach …
Paula Bienenfeld
8:23 pm on Sunday, October 28, 2012
These questions seem awfully open ended, although I realize we don't have the entire letter. Citizens want to see specific actions, milestones and a schedule for achieving these milestones. When will our representatives get down to brass tacks and demand specific goals for PEPcO, instead of these vague requests? more ›