Rose Krasnow, former mayor of Rockville and 2018 candidate for County Executive, has endorsed David Blair for Montgomery County Executive. Blair and Krasnow were two of the six Democratic candidates for County Executive in the 2018 primary.
Marc Elrich won the Democratic primary with 37,532 votes. David Blair finished second, 77 votes short of Marc Elrich, with 37,455 votes, and Krasnow finished third with 19,644 votes. They were followed by Roger Berliner, George Leventhal, and Bill Frick.
Per Montgomery County:
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Per Montgomery County:
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Per Montgomery County:
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Montgomery County Council, acting as the Board of Health, will not be introducing a new Board of Health regulation to extend the indoor mask requirement and will allow the current Board of Health regulation to terminate next Monday, February 21 at 11:59pm.
The Montgomery County Board of Education is set to take up the school system’s mask policy at a meeting on February 24, according to WTOP.
Gaithersburg City Councilmember Rob Wu has announced that he running for Montgomery County Council in District 3. The seat is currently held by former Gaithersburg mayor, Sydney Katz.
As of today, there are no other candidates that have filed to run in the district.
Montgomery County Police released the following statement on Facebook Tuesday afternoon:
Per MCPD:
Per Montgomery County:
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Per Montgomery Parks:
WHEATON, Md. – Montgomery Parks(opens in a new tab), part of The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, is extending the hours for its Open Parkways initiative (opens in a new tab)for the Presidents Day holiday weekend through Tuesday, February 22, at 7 a.m.
Back on January 25, the Montgomery County Council voted unanimously for a new public health order, which keeps the current indoor mask mandate in place until February 21 at 11:59pm. That mandate will automatically terminate if there is no further action by the Board of Health.
During todays media briefing, council President Gabe Albornoz said, “it’s appropriate for us to be able to move forward with eliminating the mask mandate after the 21st. Especially if the numbers continue to go down.”
Per Montgomery County Government:
For Immediate Release: Monday, February 14, 2022