Two Interesting Events Yesterday

   

There were two very interesting MoCo political events yesterday.

The first was an early meeting of the Rockville Mid-County Democratic Breakfast Club, now led by the hard-working and very capable Dolly Kildee.

The speaker was Marc Elrich, who presented a very thoughtful talk about the MoCo budget and what it means for life in our county. 

There are, as we all know, many budget problems resulting from a slow recovery from the recession of 2008, the Wynne case decision by the Supreme Court, and other things. 

Council Member Elrich explained in detail how we still have the ability to determine what kind of a life we'll have in our county by making smart decisions about the county budget, such as helping renters, trying to get detailed audits for the county and especially the school system, and in other ways. It was a very interesting morning session.

In the evening, there was a discussion at the Council room about public financing of MoCo elections. It's a complicated issue and the details are still a little murky, but hopefully regulations that are almost ready to be made public will clarify the issue. Those of us who support stopping the use of huge sums of money to win elections look forward to success for this program.