Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Seven GHI members are running for five seats on the GHI Board of Directors.
Five seats are up for election on the Greenbelt Homes Inc. (GHI) Board of Directors—and seven GHI members are in the running for them. Find out more about the candidates in their bios, posted below. The voting will begin after GHI's annual meeting on Thursday, May 17 and continue through May 18. The annual meeting will be held from 7:30-10:30 p.m. in the Community Center gym. Friday's voting will take place at the GHI management office from 7-10 a.m. and 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, May 16, until noon is the deadline for members pick up applications for absentee ballots from GHI Director of Member Services Joan Krob at GHI's Management Office. Absentee ballots can be filled out on the spot or be returned to Krob before 6 p.m. Wednesday. GHI BOARD …
Monday, April 23, 2012
Eleanor Roosevelt High School alumnus Raaheela Ahmed, 18, will challenge incumbent Verjeana Jacobs in November.
With a passion for public service and 13 years of experience with the Prince George’s County Public School system, running for a seat on the Board of Education seems to be a natural fit for Eleanor Roosevelt High School alumnus Raaheela Ahmed. Yet, Ahmed’s years of experience come not as being a teacher or a parent in the system, but as a former student. The 18-year-old UMd. student feels like her very recent and direct experience with the school system are what makes her an ideal candidate to represent District 5, where she garnered 35 percent of the vote in this month’s primary, earning her a place on the ballot this November. “I think my experience in the school system showed me that the decisions made [by the Board] have a direct …
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Incumbents Cummings, Harris, Ruppersberger and Sarbanes also lock up primary wins.
UPDATED (11:15 p.m.) — Mitt Romney has won the Maryland Republican presidential primary, according to multiple news outlets. At 11 p.m., Romney leads Rick Santorum 91,402 (48 percent) to 57,299 (30 percent) with 1,281 of 1,851 precincts reporting. "I voted for Romney, he's the lesser of the evils," said Lisa Watts of Darnestown, MD. Chuck Duvall also of Darnestown, said he voted for Ron Paul, but expected Romney to win the Maryland primary. Both he and his wife, Ruth, said they planned to support Romney against Democratic incumbent President Barack Obama even though he wasn't their primary selection. A Romney win in Maryland was not unexpected. CNN declared Romney the winner at 8 p.m. when polls in Maryland and Washington closed. “Maryland…
Minute-by-minute updates as election returns for Maryland Senate, 8th, 5th and 4th congressional districts.
For candidates running for Prince George's County's congressional delegation, Tuesday night was a good night to be an incumbent. Democratic incumbents Donna Edwards, Steny Hoyer and Chris Van Hollen, representing Marylands 4th, 5th and 8th congressional districts, all handily won their primary elections with commanding results. By 11:30 p.m. Edwards had secured 92 percent of the vote, far ahead of runner up George McDermott's 5 percent. Charles Shepherd bested three other republican's running for Rep. Edwards' 4th district seat in the primary, securing 60 percent of the vote. Rep. Steny Hoyer trounced his primary opponent Cathy Johnson Pendleton, securing 84 percent of the vote. Facing Hoyer in the general election this November will …
Residents across the state got their chance to shape November's elections at the local and national level today. But most stayed home.
Polls have closed across Maryland, and eager candidates now wait to see if their primary campaigns have wooed voters here in the Old Line State. The first returns, taken from early voting ballots, could come in as soon as 8:15 p.m. Turnout throughout the day was light, said county voting officials. According to data collected by the Prince George's County Board of Elections, a total of 45,005 voters had cast ballots county-wide as of 6 p.m. That's a voter turnout of 8.39 percent out of a total of 536,458 registered voters in the county. That turnout comprised 38,005 Democratic ballots, 5,678 Republican ballots and 5,061 non-affiliated ballots cast for county school board races. The highest profile campaign on the ballot was no doubt the …
On a slow day at the polls, those who voted in the primary share their thoughts on those who didn't.
On an idyllic spring day, even fair weather voters aren't showing up at the polls in Greenbelt.
On a fair spring day shimmering with dogwood blooms and golden light, it's not just the students who are taking a spring break. Primary voters stayed away en masse from Greenbelt polling stations Tuesday morning and early afternoon. Noting that he had been working the polls for 20 years and couldn't remember a primary where there wasn't at least one electioneer outside, election judge Alan Huff reported that today was a first. He had seen no one handing out pamphlets or campaigning all morning by the Greenbelt Community Center station, where about 50 people had voted by 8:47 a.m. Other polling stations reported a similar dearth in voters. At 9:50 a.m. at Springhill Lake Elementary School, election official Kim Paz reported 10 people had …
Slow going at the polls is the name of the game in Prince George's County so far today.
Update - 6:30 p.m. - Voter turnout ticked up slightly in the afternoon today, according to election officials. As of 3 p.m., the most recent county-wide numbers available, a total of 5.9 percent of the county's 536,458 registered voters had cast a ballot. That's up a bit from 11 a.m., when only 3.1 percent of county registered voters had cast ballots. The updated turnout numbers are split between 26,843 Democratic and 4,005 Republican ballots cast. Aside from the low turnout, voting has proceeded relatively smoothly throughout the county. “It’s been pretty much eventful free, the system is working," said Merritt Cortez Joseph Hinton III, chief election judge working at the Hyattsville Public Library on Adelphi Road, polling place for …
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Some of this week's top Prince George's County News
Even if you're an avid reader of Patch, you may missed the news making headlines in neighboring towns. Here's what happened across Prince George's County Patch sites this week: Ron Paul Talks Foreign Policy, Economy at College Park Town Hall About eight months after President Barack Obama addressed the national debt and unemployment at Ritchie Coliseum, a man who hopes to take his job discussed his own solutions with supporters at the same spot in College Park. Read how the crowd reacted to Paul on College Park Patch. Riverdale Kidnapping Suspect at Large A suspected kidnapper remains at large after a man was abducted Tuesday night outside of his Riverdale home. Police say two assailants forced the victim into his own vehicle and made …
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Greenbelt City Council and other political figures are speaking out on the state gas tax.
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Wednesday, March 28
By Dave Nyczepir, Capital News Service ANNAPOLIS – One week before the state’s primary elections, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich criticized Maryland lawmakers considering a statewide gas tax increase during a visit to Annapolis Tuesday morning. Maryland’s 37 delegates have grown in importance given frontrunner Mitt Romney’s struggle to secure the GOP nomination. Greenbelt City Council also weighed in on the gas tax at its March 12 regular meeting, when council voted 4-3 in favor of taking no action for or against the proposed gas tax legislation, with councilmembers Edward Putens and Konrad Herling voting against doing nothing. Councilmember Rodney Roberts was silent during the vote, but explained that his silence …
Doug Love
8:23 am on Sunday, April 1, 2012
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