Leonard Teitelbaum and Millie Topper

My wife and I went to two funeral in the last couple of weeks, both for very nice and capable people.

Millie Topper was a real character, one of the most activist Democrats in our county. She was an enthusiastic volunteer for candidates and her party. Most importantly, she cared about other people and their lives. Ben Kramer gave the main eulogy at her funeral and he played a phone message that Millie had left on his phone, wishing him and Cindy a happy Jewish New Year and many more. That's the kind of person Millie was.

Len Teitelbaum was a former member of the Maryland State Senate and House of Delegates. He was always a gentleman who had hundreds of friends. When I interviewed him and asked what he considered his greatest accomplishment, he mentioned creation of a Holocaust museum in Baltimore and then a funny story. One time when he was in Annapolis, he was asked to have dinner with a group of Republican legislators. They had a great time together, and the next day the Republicans introduced a motion in the legislature to make Len Teitelbaum a Republican for a day. That showed how everyone liked Len.

These are the types of MoCo political people of which we can all be proud.