By Adam Pagnucco. Former Planning Board Member Partap Verma, who resigned along with the rest of the board in October, had this to say about Bill MC/PG 105-23 in testimony…
Planning Board
60 Articles
60
K
Kramer Accuses County Council of Lying
4 Min Read
4 Min Read
By Adam Pagnucco. Last night, many people testified in support of and against Senator Ben Kramer’s bills on the governance of Park and Planning. Disagreement over legislation is right as…
4 Min Read
By Adam Pagnucco. We have been printing testimony opposing Senator Ben Kramer’s bills concerning Park and Planning. It’s time now to print the other side of the issue. Appearing below…
A
Anderson Returns to Defend Park and Planning
2 Min Read
2 Min Read
By Adam Pagnucco. Senator Ben Kramer’s bills setting up a potential transfer of Park and Planning’s functions to the executive branch are arguably the hottest topic in county politics right…
P
Planner Pounds Power Grab
4 Min Read
4 Min Read
By Adam Pagnucco. With the Park and Planning power grab bills now dominating county debate in the aftermath of Senator Ben Kramer’s explosion at the county council, let’s return the…
K
Kramer Explodes at County Council
4 Min Read
4 Min Read
By Adam Pagnucco. Senator Ben Kramer (D-19), sponsor of two bills potentially expanding the county executive’s authority over Park and Planning’s functions, attended a meeting of the county council to…
W
Want to Join the Planning Board?
4 Min Read
4 Min Read
By Adam Pagnucco. The county council has begun its process to pick permanent planning board members to replace its current temporary board. The council is not filling the chair position…
1 Min Read
By Adam Pagnucco. Three former planning board members have written to the county executive, the county council and the county’s state legislators deploring Senator Ben Kramer’s power grab bills, which…
1 Min Read
By Adam Pagnucco. Yesterday, I wrote about state legislation that would establish a task force to study whether County Executive Marc Elrich should take over the functions of Park and…
P
Planning Board Chair Blasts Power Grab
1 Min Read
1 Min Read
By Adam Pagnucco. Earlier today, I wrote about a power grab attempting to transfer the functions of park and planning to the county executive. I asked the Acting Chair of…