Editorial Talking Maryland Politics 

Otis Strives To Serve Constituents

George Wenschhof The time went by quickly recently when I sat down with Frederick County council president Bud Otis (R).  In fact, I ran over by fifteen minutes the hour he had set aside for my interview. We spoke about a lot of issues ranging

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Who is calling the county council rudderless?

We are all familiar with last week’s county council meeting’s outcome. The Monrovia Town Center process is starting over from the beginning. We wrote about it, the Frederick News Post wrote about it and today Billy wrote about it: Great Gods on Mount Olympus hear our cries for mercy!!!! So many things to point out […]

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Community Elections headline 

Candidates Forum

The Mount Pleasant Ruritan Club will host a candidates forum Tuesday, September 9th from 7:00 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. Candidates for County Council District 4 will participate in the forum and be available to meet the voters. Jessica Fitzwater (D) and Bob Lawrence (R) face each other in November’s General Election to represent Frederick County’s newly formed District 4 on Frederick County’s first County Council.The County Council District 4 includes the eastern portions of the City of Frederick, makes a horseshoe around the Town of Walkersville from Biggs Ford Road…

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