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Marc Elrich
Marc B. Elrich (born November 2, 1949) is an American politician serving as the county executive of Montgomery County, Maryland. He is a former member of the List of members of the Montgomery County Council (Maryland), Montgomery County Council and the Takoma Park City Council. He became the Democratic nominee for Montgomery County Executive in the 2018 Maryland county executive elections#Montgomery County, 2018 primary before winning the general election. During his tenure on the Montgomery County Council and as Montgomery County executive, Elrich has a history of opposing and blocking increases in housing supply and development, amid a housing shortage. Early life and career Marc Elrich was born in Washington, D.C., near Takoma Park. His father was a postal worker and his mother was a waitress. When he was ten, his family moved to Silver Spring. In 1963, he went to hear Martin Luther King Jr. speak at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, March on Washington. He attend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montgomery County, Maryland
Montgomery County is the most populous County (United States), county in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 United States census, the county's population was 1,062,061, increasing by 9.3% from 2010. The county seat is Rockville, Maryland, Rockville, and Germantown, Maryland, Germantown is the most populous place in the county. The county is adjoined to Washington, D.C., the nation's capital, and is part of the Washington metropolitan area and the Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area. Most of the county's residents live in Silver Spring, Maryland, Silver Spring, Bethesda, Maryland, Bethesda, Germantown, Maryland, Germantown, and the Municipal corporation, incorporated cities of Rockville, Maryland, Rockville and Gaithersburg, Maryland, Gaithersburg. The average household income in Montgomery County is the List of highest-income counties in the United States, 20th-highest among U.S. counties as of 2020. The county has the highest percentage (29.2%) of resident ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Maryland County Executive Elections
The Maryland county executive elections of 2018 took place on November 6, 2018, with the primary election occurring on June 26, 2018. Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, Frederick County, Harford County, Howard County, Montgomery County, Prince George's County, and Wicomico County elected county executives. Anne Arundel County The incumbent county executive was Republican Steve Schuh, who was elected in 2014 with 61.1 percent of the vote. He was eligible for re-election and unsuccessfully sought a second term. Republican primary Nominee * Steve Schuh, incumbent county executive Democratic primary Nominee *Steuart Pittman, president of the Maryland Horse Council and owner of Dodon Farm General election Results Baltimore County The incumbent county executive, Democrat Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz, won re-election to a second term in 2014 with 56.1 percent of the vote, but was prevented from seeking a third term due to term limits, creating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Hogan
Lawrence Joseph Hogan Jr. (born May 25, 1956) is an American politician who served as the 62nd governor of Maryland from 2015 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party and son of three-term U.S. representative Lawrence Hogan, he served as co-chair of the centrist organization No Labels from 2020 to 2023. He was the Republican nominee in the 2024 U.S. Senate election in Maryland, losing to Democrat Angela Alsobrooks. Hogan unsuccessfully campaigned for his father's old district, Maryland's 5th congressional district in 1981 and 1992, the latter of which was incumbent Steny Hoyer's closest race. He then served in the cabinet of governor Bob Ehrlich from 2003 to 2007 as Maryland Secretary of Appointments. In 2011, Hogan founded the Change Maryland organization, which he used to promote his 2014 gubernatorial campaign. He campaigned as a moderate Republican and defeated Democrat Anthony Brown in the general election in what was considered an upset. Hogan was reelected in 2018, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thin Blue Line
The "thin blue line" is a term that typically refers to the concept of the police as the line between law-and-order and chaos in society. The "blue" in "thin blue line" refers to the blue color of the uniforms of many police departments. The phrase originated as an allusion to the Thin Red Line (Battle of Balaclava), Thin Red Line incident during the Crimean War in 1854, wherein a Scottish regiment—wearing Red coat (military uniform), red uniforms—famously held off an Imperial Russian Army cavalry charge. Its use referring specifically to the police was popularized by Los Angeles Police Department Chief William H. Parker (police officer), William H. Parker during the 1950s; author and police officer Joseph Wambaugh in the 1970s, by which time "thin blue line" was used across the United States; and Errol Morris's documentary ''The Thin Blue Line (1988 film), The Thin Blue Line''(1988). In recent years, the symbol has also been used by the Blue Lives Matter movement in the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Counties In Maryland
There are 23 County (United States), counties and one Independent city (United_States), independent city in the U.S. state of Maryland. Many of the counties in Maryland were named for relatives of the Baron Baltimore, Barons Baltimore, who were the proprietors of the Maryland colony from its founding in 1634 through 1771. The Barons Baltimore were Catholicism, Catholic, and George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore, originally intended that the colony be a haven for English Catholics, though for most of its history Maryland has had a majority of Protestants. Though formally an independent city rather than a county, the Baltimore, City of Baltimore is considered the equal of a county for most purposes and is functionally a county-equivalent in most respects. History The most recent county formation in Maryland occurred in 1872 when Garrett County, Maryland, Garrett County was split from Allegany County, Maryland, Allegany County. However, there have been numerous changes to county bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isiah Leggett
Isiah "Ike" Leggett (born July 25, 1944) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Maryland and former executive of Montgomery County, Maryland. He is a member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party. Born in Deweyville, Texas, Leggett attended Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and, after serving in the Vietnam War with the United States Army, U.S. Army, earned a Juris Doctor, J.D. degree from Howard University in Washington, D.C. In 1986, he became the first African-American elected to the county council in Montgomery County, Maryland, and served on the council through 2002. For two years, Leggett served as the chairman of the Maryland Democratic Party before leaving that position to run for office once again. Leggett was elected County Executive, county executive of Montgomery County in 2006, the first African-American to hold that office. Early life and education Leggett was born on July 25, 1944, in Deweyville, Texas, and grew up with tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minimum Wage
A minimum wage is the lowest remuneration that employers can legally pay their employees—the price floor below which employees may not sell their labor. List of countries by minimum wage, Most countries had introduced minimum wage legislation by the end of the 20th century. Because minimum wages increase the cost of labor, companies often try to avoid minimum wage laws by using gig workers, by moving labor to locations with lower or nonexistent minimum wages, or by Automation, automating job functions. Minimum wage policies can vary significantly between countries or even within a country, with different regions, sectors, or age groups having their own minimum wage rates. These variations are often influenced by factors such as the cost of living, regional economic conditions, and industry-specific factors. The movement for minimum wages was first motivated as a way to stop the exploitation of workers in sweatshops, by employers who were thought to have unfair bargaining power o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phase-out Of Lightweight Plastic Bags
A plastic bag ban or charge is a law that restricts the use of lightweight plastic bags at retail establishments. In the early 21st century, there has been a global trend towards the phase-out of lightweight plastic bags. Single-use plastic shopping bags, commonly made from low-density polyethylene plastic, have traditionally been given for free to customers by stores when purchasing goods: the bags have long been considered a convenient, cheap, and hygienic way of transporting items. Lightweight plastic carrier bags include all carrier bags with a wall thickness below 50 microns and are not biodegradable. Problems associated with plastic bags include use of non-renewable resources (such as crude oil, gas and coal), difficulties during disposal, and environmental impacts. Concurrently with the reduction in lightweight plastic bags, shops have introduced reusable shopping bags. Various governments have banned the sale of lightweight bags, have taxed manufacturers for the production ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tenmile Creek (Maryland)
Tenmile Creek is a tributary stream of Little Seneca Creek in Montgomery County, Maryland. Course The headwaters of the stream originate in Thompsons Corner area of the county, about northwest of Clarksburg, and the creek flows south for about , to Little Seneca Lake, a reservoir built on Little Seneca Creek. Little Seneca Creek drains to the Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay. Water quality and land use issue The Tenmile Creek watershed is described as one of the highest-quality stream systems in Montgomery County, according to government studies. It is a drinking water source as part of the Little Seneca system, an emergency water supply for the metropolitan Washington, D.C. area. The creek's main stem is extensively forested and the watershed contains some agricultural land. However, the basin is bisected by an interstate highway, I-270, and in the late 1980s the county began planning for additional land development in the Clarksburg area. In 1994 the county governme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolling Terrace Elementary School
Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) is a public school district that serves Montgomery County, Maryland. With 210 schools, it is the largest school district in the state of Maryland. For the 2022–23 school year, the district had about 160,554 students taught by about 13,994 teachers, 86.4 percent of whom had a master's degree or equivalent. MCPS receives nearly half of the county's budget—47% in 2023. As of August 2024, the superintendent of the district is Thomas W. Taylor. The board of education includes a student member, elected by all secondary students, who votes on all issues except punishment for individuals; in 2024–25, the student board member is Praneel Suvarna. In 2010, MCPS was awarded a Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. History 19th century Only private schools existed in Montgomery County until 1860, when the public school district was established for white children. The outbreak of the Civil War the following year brought raids by both Unio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montgomery Ward
Montgomery Ward is the name of two successive U.S. retail corporations. The original Montgomery Ward & Co. was a mail-order business and later a department store chain that operated between 1872 and 2001; its common nickname was "Monkey Wards". The current Montgomery Ward Inc. is an online shopping and mail-order catalog retailer that started several years after the original Montgomery Ward shut down. Original Montgomery Ward (1872–2001) Company origins Aaron Montgomery Ward started his business in Chicago; conflicting reports place his first office either in a single room at 825 North Clark Street or in a loft above a livery stable on Kinzie Street, between Rush and State Streets. In 1883, the company's catalog had grown to 240 pages and 10,000 items. In 1896, Ward encountered its first serious competition in the mail order business, when Richard Warren Sears introduced his first general catalog. In 1900, Ward had total sales of $8.7 million, compared to $10 million for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anti-Apartheid Movement
The Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM) was a British organisation that was at the centre of the international movement opposing the South African apartheid system and supporting South Africa's non-white population who were oppressed by the policies of apartheid."The Anti-Apartheid Movement, Britain and South Africa: Anti-Apartheid Protest vs Real Politik" , Arianna Lisson, PhD Dissertation, 15 September 2000. The AAM changed its name to ACTSA: Action for Southern Africa in 1994, when South Africa achieved majority rule through free and fair elections, in which all races could vote. ...
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