FoWF Founder: Leggett Should Walk Across Rockville Pike, Old Georgetown Road – Barnaby Zall, founder of the Friends of White Flint group, wrote yesterday that County Executive Isiah Leggett must address the apparent “disconnect” between the goals outlined for White Flint and Transportation Department plans for Old Georgetown Road. Officials have said they’d made no decisions on a new design for the road. Friends of White Flint last week charged that they were considering a design that would essentially make the road eight lanes wide, instead of the Sector Plan-prescribed four. [Friends of White Flint]
Locals Dot Forbes 400 Richest Americans List – Developer and Washington Nationals owner Ted Lerner, Mitchell Rales, investment firm boss David Rubenstein and developer Bernaud Saul II are four local multi-billionaires who once again appeared on this year’s Forbes list of richest Americans. [Washington Business Journal]
MoCo Law Enforcement Honored For ‘Sovereign Citizen’ Case – The Anti-Defamation League recognized Montgomery County law enforcement for its investigation and arrest of Lamont Butler, the squatter who claimed a $6 million Bethesda mansion for his own in 2013 because the property originally belonged to his “Moorish American” group. The ADL says it recognized Montgomery County for the case because it was an example of fighting the spread of anti-government extremism. [The Gazette]
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