Audio & video reports in Charles County, Maryland
Posted 8/25/10
Where's the love?
Incumbent commissioners, county's policies, draw heat at candidates forum
by Maury Tobin on 08/25/10
What were your impressions from the August 23rd forum?
by Maury Tobin on 06/29/10
Do you enjoy Chapel Point State Park?
by Maury Tobin on 06/26/10
What do you think of the county's plan? Learn more . . .
More news stories:
Posted 6/29/10 -- According to an official with Charles County government, the plan to build a boat ramp at Chapel Point State Park is a no-go
Posted 6/21/10 -- It's Back!!! Control of Chapel Point State Park an issue, yet again
Posted 5/11/10 -- At meeting with Charles County officials, PTRC talks Environmental Recovery Zone
Posted 4/26/10 -- Environmental Recovery Zone: Bad for the Port Tobacco River
or the cure for its pollution problems?
On August 23, Citizens for a Better Charles County hosted a forum in front of a packed room at the Waldorf Jaycees to listen to the candidates for county commissioner explain their stands on the issues and why they deserve to be elected, or in the case of the incumbents, re-elected.
Election day is September 14th.
Watch some of the key moments:
In the race for County Commissioner President:
Candice Quinn Kelly (D):
"I'm very concerned about openness and transparency."
Edith Patterson (D):
"We have to go out and seek a AAA bond rating."
Edith Patterson (D):
"I'm even tempered and fair."
Edith Patterson (D):
"We have prevailed."
Sam Graves (D):
"My three top priorities are . . ."
Ken Robinson (D):
"In just the last month, the commissioners violated the open meeting act."
In the race for County Commissioner District 1:
Sam Graves (D):
"I've been a public servant for over 33 years."
Ken Robinson (D):
"The vindictiveness has to end."
Sam Graves (D):
"We did do something the last 4 years."
Ken Robinson (D):
"We could have had treated effluent from the La Plata sewer plant . . . somehow that got off track at the commissioner level."
In the race for County Commissioner District 2:
Johnny Degiorgi (D):
"I'm against the Charles County Connector."
Rick Campbell (R):
"We're not being asked for our opinions and we're not being asked to join in on the conversation for our ideas."
Debra Davis (D):
"We all agree that growth is coming, we have to manage it . . . some of the ways we prepare for it is economic development."
In the race for County Commissioner District 3:
Reuben Collins, II (D):
"One of the things I've committed to my entire time as county commissioner is . . . "
Eric Vrem (R):
"We need
more open government."
Eric Vrem (R):
"We need to look at something called smart growth . . . we have a place where development should occur . . . it's called Waldorf."
Al Smith (D):
"To disband that economic development and tourism department was not the brightest idea."
