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President's Message

Hi WHCDC Friends,

Summer is winding down and the kids are getting geared up to go back to school. Vacation season is coming to a close, as well. The Howard County Fair is one of my favorite events of the summer. The club was well represented in the Democratic Booth at the Fair. Thank you to all who signed up to participate!!

At our last meeting, we had a presentation from county and state planners on the widening of Route 32. As you probably have noticed, building of the Burntwoods Road interchange has started. We want to watch closely the impact of the significant increase of new jobs at Ft. Meade (and the families who will move here) with the BRAC changes and the widening of Route 32 on our way of life in western Howard County. We will study issues related to zoning pressures, school enrollment, traffic patterns around the interchanges and the environmental impact of increased housing and traffic. We had a rich discussion of how the club can respond. This will continue to be a focus of our club over the next few years.

The elephant in the room of politics these days is the Democratic Presidential Primary Campaign. I hope you can join us on Tuesday, August 21st for our Ice Cream Social and primary preview. We have invited folks from the various Howard County groups supporting the Democratic candidates to join us and give you a chance to talk with them about their candidates and sign up to help the campaigns. At the end, we will have a straw vote with all present invited to participate. We will continue to follow developments in the campaigns as we move toward the Maryland primary in February.

I hope to see you all Tuesday evening!!

Clyde Robinette
President