Montgomery Community Media

UPDATED Montgomery County Judge Robert Greenberg heard oral arguments today in Rockville about a term limits case and the November ballot. Community activist and local attorney Robin Ficker organized a petition drive to ask voters to decide whether the County Executive and County Council should be limited to three terms.  The Board of Elections determined […]

UPDATED Montgomery County Council Vice President Roger Berliner testified against term limits at the Charter Review Commission meeting on Aug. 24, and afterwards he posted a copy of his statement, online. According to Berliner’s statement, all nine members of the Council agree that “term limits would not be in the best interest of our county.” He […]

A Montgomery County Board of Elections (BOE) official announced on Tuesday that defense attorney and local activist Robin Ficker has collected more than the 10,000 signatures necessary to put term limits on the ballot later this year. In a letter to Ficker (that is posted on the BOE website), Election Director Margaret Jurgensen wrote, “the […]

The Montgomery County Charter Review Commission (CRC) is scheduled to discuss a proposed Charter amendment to limit County Councilmembers and the County Executive to three consecutive terms at a meeting tomorrow. The County Council asked the CRC to consider the merits of the proposed amendment, and on Aug. 2 adopted a resolution placing it on […]

UPDATED 8.8.16 Defense attorney Robin Ficker, who has been pushing to add a term limit question to the November ballot, turned in his petition to the County Executive’s office on Monday. According to Ficker, the petition has 18,000 signatures from Montgomery County residents. MyMCMedia’s Maureen Chowdhury reports. Ficker met with media in the lobby of the […]

Here are your five things to know today, Aug. 8, in Montgomery County: 1. The city of Gaithersburg Mayor and Council are meeting tonight and on the agenda is a presentation on the Lakeforest Transit Center. 2. Bethesda native Katie Ledecky competes in heat 4 of the women’s 200-meter freestyle in the 2016 Olympics today […]

A petition to add a term limit referendum to the ballot this November will be submitted to the Montgomery County Board of Elections in August, according to Robin Ficker, the Republican activist who drafted the petition. In order for the question to get on the ballot, the petition needs to have 10,000 verified signatures. According to […]

A proposed term limit referendum that would impact some elected officials in Montgomery County, and supported by Republican activist Robin Ficker, may be on the ballot this coming November. In the MyMCMedia Extra videos below, Montgomery County Council President Nancy Floreen and Councilmember Marc Elrich talk about their views on the term limit issue. “My view is that […]

A proposed term limit referendum that would impact some elected officials in Montgomery County, and supported by Republican activist Robin Ficker, may be on the ballot this coming November. Recently, Montgomery County Councilmember George Leventhal has discussed the topic on social media opposing the referendum. In the MyMCMedia Extra video, below, Leventhal talks about his opinions on […]

Casey Aiken hosts the latest episode of “21 This Week.” Aiken and the panel discuss term limits and Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) academic programs. This week’s panel of political observers includes Sam Statland, Phil Bell, Robin Ficker, and Elbridge James. You can watch the show in its entirety, below: “21 This Week” airs on […]