Tuesday, December 6, 2011
6-3 vote tables County Executive Isiah Leggett's proposal indefinitely.
Update, 5:50 p.m.: Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) has released a statement chastising the Montgomery County Council for failing to decide on his proposed youth curfew. “The county council’s refusal to even take a yes or no vote on the proposed youth curfew is a failure of leadership," Leggett said. “Leadership means stepping up to the plate and deciding – yes or no – on critical issues that face our county. The youth curfew legislation has been before the county council since July. It has been discussed exhaustively. We don’t need more talk – we need action." Original story, 4:16 p.m.: The proposed Montgomery County youth curfew is dead. For now. After months of debate surrounding the controversial proposal, the Montgomery …
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Support for the Montgomery County curfew bill is in doubt as a council vote looms.
Updated, Dec 2. 9:30 a.m.: A vote on the curfew bill may be indefinitely postponed. Two councilmembers have indicated that the Montgomery County Council could vote to table the curfew bill during the next full council session, choosing not to decide on the legislation, according to a Gazette report. An alternative to the curfew bill, a loitering ban proposed by Councilmember Phil Andrews (D-Dist. 3) of Gaithersburg, may also be tabled. “They are going to table it on Tuesday,” Council President Valerie Ervin (D-Dist. 5) of Silver Spring said in the report. Councilmember Roger Berliner (D-Dist. 1) of Potomac, who is likely to take over as council president on Tuesday, said that he would not table the legislation himself, but that another …
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
At its October meeting, the Mid-County Citizens Advisory Board decides not to take a position yet on the contentious curfew proposal in the Montgomery County Council.
The Montgomery County curfew has been the subject of hot debate these last few months and weeks, and that debate reached the Mid-County Citizens Advisory Board last night at its October meeting. The board ultimately voted not to take a position on the curfew, but several MCCAB members expressed their opposition and skepticism. Montgomery County Councilmember Phil Andrews (D-Dist. 3) attended the meeting and tried to persuade the MCCAB that the proposed curfew directed at the county’s teenagers does not make sense. “The problem I see with the proposal is that it’s divided the community,” he said. He noted that most crime takes place during non-curfew hours, citing statistics from the county’s police department. Andrews said he plans to …
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Students voiced their displeasure with the proposed legislation at Wednesday's teen town hall meeting.
More than 100 students attended Wednesday night's second-ever student town hall meeting in Rockville to show unified support against the proposed Montgomery County teen curfew, according to a report by ABC 7-WJLA. The students had an opportunity to address their concerns with the proposed legislation to county council members. Some expressed concerns ranging from legal to economic issues, the report said. The proposed curfew would be in effect from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. on weeknights and from midnight to 5 a.m. on weekends and would applie to youth 17 and younger. The bill has drawn ire from community members since it was introduced at the request of County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) on July 12. Leggett has remained supportive of the bill, …
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Board members will ask that police train officers prior to implementing the law.
Montgomery County’s proposed teen curfew received a nod of approval from the East County Citizen’s Advisory Board Wednesday night. With a 10-to-4 vote, board members agreed to approve a letter in favor of the new law with three provisions. The provisions were that the law be broadly publicized; that police officers receive thorough training and that the department provide semi-annual reports to the County Council for the first two years. County Executive Isiah Leggett proposed a law in July that would prohibit people under the age of 18 from being outside of a home from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. Sunday through Thursday, and midnight to 5 a.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. Exceptions include minors who are working or are accompanied by a parent, among…
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Tuesday, September 13, 2011
County Council President Valerie Ervin (D) said recreation programs designed to keep kids engaged have sustained too many cuts.
Silver Spring residents got a chance to address their concerns about the proposed teen curfew law to the Silver Spring Citizens Advisory Board Monday. The controversial law was introduced by Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) in mid-July and has since been the center of many community meetings. Montgomery County Council President Valerie Ervin (D-Dist. 5) helped to open the discussion with about 50 community members, including local officials, in attendance. She said her main goal is to evaluate what the underlying cause of the issue truly is. “To get [to] the root cause of the problem, that means we have to shell very deeply into the situation that we find ourselves in,” Ervin said. The main concerns centered around infringing …
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Students find civic awakening amid campaign to quash controversial proposal.
After he gets home from cross country practice, Rafeh Quershi, 16, has hours of homework to complete from his five AP classes at Walter Johnson High School. Often, Quershi finishes around 11 p.m., after which he goes on a run to stay in shape. “It’s really hectic, but that’s the academic environment Montgomery County has,” Quershi said. “There already aren’t enough hours in the day to finish what we need to do. They can’t tie our hands up even more.” Quershi aired his concerns to the Montgomery County Council Tuesday at its public hearing on a proposed teen curfew. He attended the hearing with three of his 16-year-old friends -- guys who enjoy getting a hamburger at McDonald’s late at night just because they can. If passed, the curfew …
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Supporters want to quell unrest in downtown Silver Spring, which the County Council President says 'is on the precipice now of failing.'
Montgomery County's proposed curfew drew more bile than praise Tuesday afternoon at the controversial measure's public hearing in Rockville, including pointed criticism from members of the County Council that will ultimately decide its fate. The curfew found unwavering support from police brass and Silver Spring civic leaders, who argued that the curfew would give officers a much-needed tool for preventing juvenile crime. But 18 of the 27 people who testified to the Council rebuked curfews on several fronts, from their questionable effectiveness to the difficulty of enforcing them fairly to their long-term impacts on teens’ trust of police. "It would criminalize any teenager out at night and without any discernible benefit," said Abigail …
Sunday, July 24, 2011
As Montgomery issue unfolds, high school students — and their parents — get a lesson in civic participation.
I've written before about the alarming decline in civic participation in our community, a trend that's especially pronounced among young voters, who always seem to have the lowest turnout rates. Now, we have an issue that is motivating Montgomery County teenagers like nothing else, the teen curfew proposed by County Executive Isaiah Leggett. Could it help reverse this decline? Already, new Facebook pages have sprung up and thousands of new voters and soon-to-be-voters are paying attention to the Montgomery County Council, for the first time, as they get ready to decide this issue. Clearly, there is a wide range of views on this topic, even among the high school students it affects most. Some express strong opposition to what they see as an…
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
Curfew legislation and gangs are the primary agenda items.
As we reported last week, Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett (D) is proposing legislation that would bring Montgomery County in line with Prince George’s County and Washington, DC, who currently enforce curfews for teens. This evening’s Safe Silver Spring meeting—scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at the Long Branch Community Center—will focus on the curfew legislation, as well as “the related issue of gangs.” All members of the community are welcome to attend the meeting, but the group strongly encourages the participation of local teenagers, the ones who will be most affected by the proposed legislation. The meeting offers people another venue for voicing their opinions, concerns and comments, on top of the online efforts already gaining …
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Nathaniel Ivensburg
1:53 pm on Friday, December 23, 2011
Well maybe its because there are only two races, im not going to mention any names concerned here causing the crime which invokes interest in a curfew bill. more ›