Question B Behind Boycott of Local Democratic Party Ball
Supporters of organized labor say the Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee took the wrong position on a controversial measure to limit collective bargaining for local police.
The drama and protest surrounding a two-year-old Montgomery County law that inhibits the power of county police leaders to negotiate decisions that effect rank-and-file officers seem ceaseless. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Maryland Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown (D) are joining labor unions in a protest and picketing of the Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee's Spring Ball on May 11. The unions are upset with the committee's decision to support Question B last November, which put the county law on 2012's ballot for voters to decide. (The law was affirmed, easily.) Brown, a native of Prince George's County, is expected to announce his candidacy for governor May 10. "The committee took this position despite being asked to remain neutral …
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John
1:02 pm on Tuesday, May 7, 2013
I support Senator Cardin and Lt. Gov. Brown, in their boycott of the ball. The Country Executive and the Country Council, all of whom are Democrats, have been acting like Republicans, on this issue, and several others, for quite some time. It is time to elect Democrats, to these offices who will uphold Democratic values, rather than Republicans'. more ›