The Prince George's Delegation Votes
The new Prince George's County House of Delegates' legislative delegation deadlocked this morning on who should serve as the group's chairman for the next two years. According to Del. Justin D. Ross (D-Prince George's), who attended the meeting, 11 members voted for Del. Marvin E. Holmes Jr. (D-Prince George's) while 10 members backed Del. Barbara A. Frush (D-Prince George's). However, a majority of 12 is needed to snag the job.
Two delegates were absent from the meeting and Ross, who voted for Frush, said he was confident both would vote for Frush. However, Holmes has said he believes one of the two, Del. Victor R. Ramirez (D), away in Turkey, will vote for him. A new vote has not been scheduled, but Frush and Holmes pledged to talk in coming days in hopes of reaching a deal.
By Rosalind Helderman |
December 8, 2006; 2:47 PM ET
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I am very worried about the fate of Prince George's County in this upcoming legislative session.
Our delegation is in disarray.
First our Senators can not agree on who to support in the School Board race (a non-partisan election which they really had no place inserting themselves.) So they dump the problem on the just-installed Democratic Central Committee to make endorsements.
Then the on again/off again House Delegation leadership selection drama. What was characterized as a "Friendly Race" appears to be anything but that. And the word "Race" seems to have a double-edge in this drama.
How will we ever champion our rights for full Thornton funding in the Legislature? How will we gain additional public safety dollars or Metro funding? We can not present a full-court press in either chamber in Annapolis when our Delegates and Senators have such acrimonious relations among themselves.
Again Prince George's will be short changed by the other jurisdictions in the state and it will be another self-inflicted wound.