Submit Questions Online for July 11 Virtual Town Hall with CE Elrich
Credit: Montgomery County Government
Submit Questions Online for County Executive Marc Elrich
Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich is hosting a “virtual” town hall meeting from 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. Thursday, July 11 via the Montgomery County website.
Residents are invited to submit questions directly to Elrich before and during the chat online at Live Discussion with County Executive Marc Elrich.
Questions and answers will be posted on the county’s website during and after the chat.
Elrich received 11 questions during last month’s online chat, which took place Thursday, June 13 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
The topics discussed included a sidewalk project near Churchill High School, difficulty renewing a Fire Code Compliance permit online, Wegmans locating a grocery store on Rockville Pike, tenure of bus drivers with the school system, status of new energy efficient Ride On buses, concern over lack of progress to address issues with Poolesville High School facilities, availability of affordable housing, frustration over lack of progress to develop a plan to memorialize the Bethesda African Cemetery, confusion and anger over the lowering of the POW/MIA flag earlier in the month, County funding for the National Philharmonic, and the status of the Shady Grove bus depot.
The transcript from the June 13 Virtual Town Hall Meeting is available online.
Our County has continued to be engaged in Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) activities which is a surveillance program that targets Muslims. Specifically, we have trained delegates from over 55 international countries on the program through the Strong Cities Network. This includes a training in April.
Will we be severing ties with Strong Cities? We are still listed on their site as a partner.
Four high schools in Montgomery County offer classes/programs to teach students how to use rifles. This is the program that the gunman at Parkland learned to shoot guns. While this is an MCPS issue, the rifle ranges use lead-based bullets and does not do the required OSHA testing and protocols for lead exposure. There have been schools in Northern Virginia that have had lead exposure issues from the rifle ranges.
Does the county’s Department of Public Health monitor these ranges? If not, will they do so?