Unlock Frederick Gridlock
Committee Issues Endorsements
The Committee to Unlock Frederick Gridlock PAC issued a
105 page report outlining its findings and opinions on the local and state
candidates that it believes will best address the solutions to the traffic
congestion in Frederick County. The entire report can be downloaded from the
PAC's website at www.UnlockFrederickGridlockPAC.org.
"This was a bigger challenge than we expected," said Howard L. Levine, the
Treasurer of the political action committee formed on the 14th of last month.
"Many of the responses that we received to the traffic questionnaire we
circulated to all candidates via email were impressive."
The officers of the PAC gathered additional information
from other sources over the internet, including candidate websites and articles
found online.
"We focused on using
the internet, because be believe that viable candidates should have a strong
presence there," said Anthony
Thompson, the chairman of the PAC.
"We attempted to provide strong and supportive reasoning behind our
endorsements; however we expect that there will be many who find fault with our
work,"
continued Thompson.
The PAC did not endorse candidates in every race. "We
found that in some races, either we were not satisfied with the responses or
there was just not enough information to pass proper judgment," added Levine.
"We simply selected who we felt were best qualified, regardless of the number
of available positions."
"All we ask is that the voters of Frederick County read it and form their
own opinions," he said. "Our primary purpose is to raise the issue of
Frederick'
s Gridlock to the highest
level in this campaign."
Through their research they have learned that if state
and local elected officials do not address the issues of resolving Gridlock
properly, it can have deeply negative repercussions to the local economy and
quality if life.
The candidates endorsed by the PAC are as follows:
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
Board of County Commissioners - JAN GARDNER
House of Delegates Dst 3A - GALEN CLAGETT, SUE HECHT
REPUBLICAN PRIMARY
Board of County Commissioners -
MIKE CADY, CHARLES JENKINS, JOHN
LOVELL, JOAN McINTYRE, BILLY SHREVE
State Senator Dst 4 - DAVID BRINKLEY
House of Delegates Dst 3A - PATRICK HOGAN
House of Delegates Dst 3B - RICHARD WELDON
Governor - ROBERT EHRLICH