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Councilmember Nancy Floreen

Monday, October 22, 2012

Floreen: 'We Will Be Keeping a Very Close Eye' on Silver Spring Transit Center

Councilmember Nancy Floreen said the future of the Silver Spring Transit Center is important to the area's mobility.

Members of the Montgomery County Council's Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy and Environment (T&E) committee did more listening than talking when they were briefed on the delays affecting the Silver Spring Transit Center earlier this month.  After the meeting, Montgomery County Media spoke with Councilmember Nancy Floreen (D-At Large) about the project, which will cost the county over $100 million. She said:  "We will be keeping a very close eye on this. This is a very complicated project; it's very important for the future of transit mobility in downtown Silver Spring and also we're going to worry about the reliability of the structure for years to come—very expensive structure and very important." Read more about the Silver Spring …

MRHarmon

8:40 am on Tuesday, October 23, 2012

And how much is this costing Folger Pratt?? It better be a heck of alot more!   more ›

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Leggett Discounts Studies on Curfews

Andrews wants 'data-driven' approach.

County Executive Isiah Leggett said Tuesday that a decision to impose a curfew on teenagers is too complex to rely on studies conducted in other jurisdictions. "Any study you bring to me, I could debunk it," Leggett said, because variables like population density, income and geography vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. But a key opponent to the curfew, Councilmember Phil Andrews, called on a "data-driven, evidence-based" approach to fighting juvenile crime. Andrews (D-Dist. 3) chairs the Montgomery County Council's Public Safety Committee, which begins work on Leggett's curfew proposal this week. After a July gang fight in Silver Spring, Leggett proposed a curfew of 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and midnight Friday and Saturday. The…

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Peter Mork

7:52 am on Thursday, September 15, 2011

Wow! So, seventeen year olds should never go to the movies or other social events that let out after 9 p.m.? Part of growing up is learning to make your own decisions. Locking a child in the basement until they turn 18 is not a recipe for raising responsible, mature adults. So, go ahead and convince protective services that I'm unfit to be a parent, but in the meantime, keep these excessive and …   more ›

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