Looks like he is running…Doyle announces fundraiser

Delegate Doyle Neimann who currently represents the 47th Legislative District has thrown out the first sign he does intend to run for reelection with an over the weekend email announcing an upcoming fundraiser. The event will have high powered headliners too, House Speaker Michael Busch and possible future speaker Delegate Maggie McIntosh are listed as co-hosts. The event which will take place on June 28th at the Three Brothers Restaurant is the first sign of the looming redistricting battle which could put all three of the 47th’s incumbent delegates against one another.

This year the Maryland General Assembly gave their somewhat approval to a plan that took the current 47th and divided it into two sub-districts, 47A and 47B (where all of the three incumbents live. Under the new plan 47A will have one seat and 47B will have two seats. The problem is Niemann along with Delegates Jolene Ivey and Michael Summers all live in the two seat 47B. According to most observers if the match up does materialize Niemann could find himself on the outs. In 2010 Ivey and Summers ran on a ticket with now-Senator Victor Ramirez. They are rumored to be joined by County Councilman Will Campos who will run for the A seat after he is termed out with the council in 2014. Niemann ran on a ticket with then-State Senator David Harrington who was defeated by Ramirez.

2014, it will be here sooner than you think.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Community groups plan major town hall on budget and priorites

Prince George's Executive Rushern Baker

A group of Prince George’s and Maryland organizations plans to host a town hall at the Prince George’s Community College on November 7th with a political who’s who in the county.

Shift the Budget Debate

Fund Our Communities, Put Wall Street to Work for Main Street , Bring the War Dollars Home

 

A Prince George ’s County Town Hall

Prince George’s Community College, Largo MD

Marlboro Hall lecture room 1097, 301 Largo Road  

 

Monday, November 7^th – 7:00 to 9:30 pm

    

Help find PROGRESSIVE SOLUTIONS to the fiscal crisis in Washington and Annapolis .

JOIN US to organize for A  PEOPLE’S BUDGET – We must:

 

Ø     Put America back to work                                 

Ø     Save our environment

Ø     Protect America ’s health

Ø     Preserve Social Security

Ø     Bring all the troops and military contractors home

Ø     Raise taxes from the rich

PARTICIPANTS:       

                                                US Congresswoman Donna Edwards

                                                County Executive Rushern Baker

                                                MD State Senator Paul Pinsky

                                                MD Delegate Aisha Braveboy (invited)

                                                Institute for Policy Studies Fellow Karen Dolan

                                                Fund Our Communities Coalition coordinator Jean Athey

                                                Community activist, Human Services Coalition David Harrington 

                                                IPS Fellow and Occupy Together participant Matias Ramos

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Council names redistricting commission of all democrats

The Prince George’s County Council met today in one of their first full sessions since they took office last December. First on the agenda was naming a redistricting commission for the county. Every ten years the county council, state legislature, congress, and other representative districts are redrawn following the census and that is no different in Prince George’s.

Under the Prince George’s County Charter any political party who collects more than 15% of the popular vote for all council seats in the last election has the ability to name two members to the redistricting commission. In January the central committees nominate a list of five who the council picks two from. The council then can select their own third candidate who chairs the body. This year however because the GOP failed to get 15% of the overall vote in the county last year they failed to earn any representation on the redistricting commission.

According to official results from the Prince George’s County Board of Elections the Republicans took 3% of the total vote while the Democrats dominated the election with more than 96% of the vote.

From the list forwarded to the council from Prince George’s County Democratic Central Committee Chair Norma Lindsay, fmr. Senator David Harrington and fmr. Democratic Central Committeewoman Tamara Davis Brown were selected. The council then named Sharon Taylor who from what we believe is her Facebook account says she works for the county as a Communications Strategist.

The commission will have until September to work on drawing the new legislative lines for the council and report back to the county council for approval. The council did not release the names of the others on the list sent to them from the democratic organization.

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