Politicians, Blogger Blame Media For Low Voter Turnout – After a paltry 16 percent of Montgomery County registered voters showed up for last month’s gubernatorial primary, the County Council on Tuesday used a session on voting reforms to reflect on why there’s such voter apathy for local elections. Some blamed the lack of media coverage. One blogger, Center Maryland’s Josh Kurtz, wrote the media was partly to blame, but so were other factors including a “minor league” field of candidates. [Center Maryland] [Washington Post]
County Official: The Bethesda I Know Is Not Snobby – A real estate website recently named Bethesda the No. 2 “snobbiest” small city in the U.S., something which the county’s lead official in Bethesda made clear he doesn’t agree with. Ken Hartman, director of the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center, wrote in a regular Regional Services Center email that “the words ‘snobby’ and ‘snooty’ are inappropriate and unfair adjectives for our local communities of Rockville and Bethesda.” Rockville was also on the top-10 list. Hartman listed about a dozen local organizations and nonprofits that he said prove just how inaccurate the list was. [Bethesda-Chevy Chase Regional Services Center]
Planning Board Approves Chevy Chase Lake Development – The Planning Board on Thursday approved the first development project to come as a result of the Chevy Chase Lake Sector Plan. The sketch plan would allow for up to 329 apartment and townhouse units on the existing site of HOC-controlled affordable housing. [Planning Board]
Flickr photo by Danny Fowler
