Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Voting: Will You, Won't You?

Thanks to everyone who voted on the 1-95 question. Here's hoping the 3 optimists are correct and the rest of us are proved wrong. Maybe the construction will make all our lives easier.

A belated thank you to anyone who voted for me as the Best of Bel Air blog. After just a few months of writing, I was surprised to even be a blip on the screen. I'm going to try to be a little more faithful in my writing with the holidays/strep throat behind me.

Our new poll question is about voting. Do you think your vote still makes a difference or are you staying home on Feb. 12?

Speaking of trying to elect officials, there's been renewed interest in the elected school board issue. I'm surprised that some are still saying the voters (I'm paraphrasing) can't be trusted to elect a school board because if they voted for someone the candidate might have an ax to grind, or here's a thought, might be accountable to voters. In The Aegis article last week legislators said they weren't sure what their constituents thought about the matter.

So if you'd like to make your thoughts known about anything, I thought this might be a good time to review Abingdon's elected officials. Abingdon is gerrymandered, so doublecheck your precise district by clicking here. Find Your District


Council District B: Veronica Chenowith
410-638-3520 Council Office
410-877-7034 Home Office
vlchenowith@harfordcountymd.gov

Maryland State Legislative District 7

RICHARD K. IMPALLARIA
Republican, District 7, Baltimore & Harford Counties
House Office Building, Room 310
6 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 841-3334, (301) 858-3334
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3334 (toll free)
e-mail: rick.impallaria@house.state.md.us
fax: (410) 841-3598, (301) 858-3598

J. B. JENNINGS
Republican, District 7, Baltimore & Harford Counties
House Office Building, Room 319
6 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 841-3698, (301) 858-3698
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3698 (toll free)
e-mail: jb.jennings@house.state.md.us
fax: (410) 841-3598, (301) 858-3598

PATRICK L. McDONOUGH
Republican, District 7, Baltimore & Harford Counties
House Office Building, Room 310
6 Bladen St.
Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 841-3334, (301) 858-3334
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3334 (toll free)
e-mail: pat.mcdonough@house.state.md.us
fax: (410) 841-3598, (301) 858-3598
P. O. Box 24640, Baltimore, MD 21214
(410) 238-0025
e-mail: patmcdee@comcast.net

Maryland State Senate
ANDREW P. HARRIS
Republican, District 7, Baltimore County & Harford County
James Senate Office Building, Room 320
11 Bladen St., Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 841-3706, (301) 858-3706
1-800-492-7122, ext. 3706 (toll free)
e-mail: andrew.harris@senate.state.md.us
fax: (410) 841-3750, (301) 858-3750

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I would love to vote on February 12th but I'm not allowed to because I'm a member of a third party. My tax dollars (all of our tax dollars) are paying for a primary election that over 20,000 Harford County residents cannot participate in because we are members of third parties or independents.

Anonymous said...

Brian, I too am an Independent and re-register before every primary in whatever party candidates interest me.