Deadline for acting planning board members’ applications approaches; people ask for transparency in process

...Following the council’s announcement, the Parents’ Coalition sent a note to the Maryland- National Capital Parks and Planning commission concerning the legality of the council’s temporary appointments. Janis Zink Sartucci says the process the council outlined, violates the Maryland Land Use Codes pertaining to what political parties acting commissioners are a part of and the time frame given to allow the public to review the candidates. “There’s a law in place that speaks to how vacancies on the planning board are to be filled, and the county council, for some unknown reason has decided to skip Maryland law and make up their own process,” said Sartucci...

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