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Saturday, January 27, 2018

Judge Joe Getty stops for a picture with Kevin McLeod

Judge Joe Getty stops for a picture with Silver Oak Academy Program Director Kevin McLeod, the speaker at the annual MLK breakfast this morning. 27Jan2018

Judge Joe Getty stops for a picture with Kevin McLeod

Judge Joe Getty stops for a picture with Silver Oak Academy Program Director Kevin McLeod, the speaker at the annual MLK breakfast this morning. 27Jan2018

Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Maryland Reporter: Getty in red earns bipartisan praise

Maryland Reporter: Getty in red earns bipartisan praise

Tuesday, June 28, 2016 http://marylandreporter.com/2016/06/28/getty-in-red-earns-bipartisan-praise/

Getty in red earns bipartisan praise

Gov. Larry Hogan swore in his chief legislative officer, Joe Getty, to the Court of Appeals at the State House Monday, with a big heaping of bipartisan praise. Getty brings an unusual range of experience to Maryland's highest court, having served as a Republican delegate and senator from Carroll County and chief legislative officer to both Hogan and Gov. Bob Ehrlich, in addition to his private law practice. He offers "an invaluable and unique perspective," said Hogan.

GETTY SWORN IN AS JUDGE: Joseph M. Getty, who has served in two branches of Maryland government, joined the third branch of state government Monday when he was sworn in as a judge on Maryland's highest court, writes Ovetta Wiggins in the Post.

Gov. Larry Hogan said Getty, 64, is smart, fair, reasoned, logical and has a great sense of history, writes Heather Cobun for the Daily Record. "I have the utmost confidence that he will continue to serve the state of Maryland with great honor and distinction," Hogan said.

Getty, donning his new red robes, gained bipartisan praise, Len Lazarick writes in MarylandReporter.com.

Getty in red earns bipartisan praise

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Getty sworn-in to Md. Court of Appeals

June 27, 2016 by Kevin Dayhoff

http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/government/ph-cc-getty-swearing-in-20160627-story.html

Joseph Getty was sworn in Monday morning in the House of Delegates chamber in the Maryland State House in Annapolis to represent the 3rd Appellate Judicial Circuit on the state's highest court.

Getty, a Manchester resident and former Republican state senator representing Carroll County, had most recently served as Republican Gov. Larry Hogan's chief legislative officer. He was appointed to the Maryland Court of Appeals on June 1 to fill a vacancy created by the retirement of Judge Lynne Battaglia.

Friends, family, former and current judges, and members of the General Assembly filled the legislative chamber to witness Hogan administer the oath of office for Getty to become the fifth judge from Carroll County to sit on the Court of Appeals since 1867.

Many speakers at the ceremony mentioned that Getty also made history by having served in all three branches of Maryland government — the legislative, executive branches and now the judiciary. It was a point not missed by local historian, Jay Graybeal, the former executive director of the Historical Society of Carroll County; a position also held by Getty from 1987 to 1994.

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Monday, June 27, 2016

Joe Getty sworn-in to Md. Court of Appeals

Getty sworn-in to Md. Court of Appeals

June 27, 2016 by Kevin Dayhoff

http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/government/ph-cc-getty-swearing-in-20160627-story.html

Joseph Getty was sworn in Monday morning in the House of Delegates chamber in the Maryland State House in Annapolis to represent the 3rd Appellate Judicial Circuit on the state's highest court.

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Joe Getty sworn-in to Md. Court of Appeals

Getty sworn-in to Md. Court of Appeals

June 27, 2016 by Kevin Dayhoff

http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/government/ph-cc-getty-swearing-in-20160627-story.html

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Joseph Getty was sworn in Monday morning in the House of Delegates chamber in the Maryland State House in Annapolis to represent the 3rd Appellate Judicial Circuit on the state's highest court.

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Monday, January 26, 2015

Red Maryland: Should an “R” behind the name make a difference?

I received this (Letter to the Editor) by Twitter the other day - January 24, 2015 Saturday Red Carroll @RedCarrollMd @ChangeMaryland @CarrollStandard @frednewspost @kevindayhoff @wbaltv11 @cbsbaltimore More questions @joegetty seat keepcarrollconservative.com/should-an-r-be…

By KCC Admin | January 24, 2015

An open letter from Keep Carroll Conservative to Senator Joe Getty:

http://keepcarrollconservative.com/should-an-r-behind-the-name-make-a-difference/

Dear Senator Getty,

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We ask you to please help us understand the inconsistencies in the Hogan administration talking points for the last month. We’ve posted screen shots that show you started your new position with the Hogan Administration but now someone is covering those tracks and your profile shows no starting date to for your new appointment. You’re our home-town guy who should have the best interests of Carroll County in mind, right? Perhaps you can help answer a number of troubling questions:

http://keepcarrollconservative.com/should-an-r-behind-the-name-make-a-difference/

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Keep Carroll Conservative is a grass-roots organization made up of concerned citizens who reside in Carroll County. We live here because we believe Carroll County stands for less government, lower taxes, great schools, and safe neighborhoods. And we want it to remain that way.

We know that it’s people, not government, who make – and keep – Carroll the “Switzerland” of Maryland Counties. (You know Switzerland. It’s the tiny, conservative Country in Europe that’s currently holding the whole region together.) We know conservative principles are the only governing principles that have survived the test of time. It explains why Switzerland is doing so well while all the liberal countries around it are dealing with collapse.

It’s our focus to share the greatness of conservatism; get the best candidates elected to public offices in Carroll County; and keep you informed about the latest goings on in Carroll. http://keepcarrollconservative.com/about-us/

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Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Sen Joe Getty Carroll Co. rally for Larry Hogan & Boyd Rutherford rally on Tuesday October 28, 2014 at 5 p.m. - Best Western Westminster

The Carroll County 80/80 Plan for Larry Hogan

Join Us at the Early Voting Rally Today - 5 p.m.

Marylanders for Joe Getty http://www.senatorgetty.com/

October 28, 2014

Larry Hogan & Boyd Rutherford rally on Tuesday October 28, 2014 at 5 p.m. - Best Western Westminster

The Carroll County 80/80 Plan

Larry Hogan has formed a bipartisan political coalition that is poised to pull off the biggest upset in the Nation on Election Day.

Carroll County must do its part to make this happen - thus the Carroll County 80/80 Plan:

80% GOP Voter Turnout

80% Vote for Hogan-Rutherford

80% GOP VOTER TURNOUT: The last time that Marylanders elected a Republican as Governor was 2002. In that year, GOP turnout in Carroll County was 75%. However, in presidential elections the GOP turnout in Carroll County is 84-86%. We must encourage these "Romney Republicans" to go to the polls in the next week!

80% VOTE FOR HOGAN-RUTHERFORD: In 2002, Carroll County voters gave Bob Ehrlich at 79% margin of victory in our county. That was higher than the Democratic majority jurisdictions gave to Kathleen Kennedy Townsend - P.G. Co. (76%), Balt. City (75%) and Montgomery Co. (61%).

If we get high turnout and high voter margins in our rural and suburban counties, Larry Hogan will win! Help us achieve our 80/80 goal!

Come to our rally and learn more:

Today - Tues. Oct. 28
EARLY VOTING RALLY - VOTE EARLY at the Carroll County Early Voting Center and then join us for a rally with Republican candidate for Governor Larry Hogan:

4 to 5 p.m. GREET VOTERS AT THE POLLS WITH LARRY HOGAN & SEN. GETTY Carroll County Early Voting Center, 125 Stoner Ave., Westminster

5 to 7 p.m. EARLY VOTNG RALLY WITH LARRY HOGAN & SEN. GETTY

Larry Hogan will speak about his surge of support and the "Change Maryland" momentum sweeping throughout the state. Best Western Westminster - For details: click here. http://www.senatorgetty.com/events/event/29-early-voting-rally

Early Voting Rally

Larry Hogan for Governor

Joe Getty for State Senate

Join us as we rally to “Get-Out-the-Vote”

Then Join us for a Rally in Westminster

Tuesday, October 28

5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

The Best Western, 451 WMC Drive, Westminster

$40 per person

Sponsorships and Host Committee

Benefactor $1000, Host $500

Sponsor $250, Patron $125

Authority: Marylanders for Joe Getty, Sharon Prajzner, Treasurer.

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Monday, March 31, 2014

The Honorable Joe Getty, Tanya Shewell, Dick Matthews and Robert Ehrlich in a campaign photograph from August 2006

The Honorable Joe Getty, Tanya Shewell, Dick Matthews and Robert Ehrlich in a campaign photograph from August 2006.

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Monday, February 10, 2014

Senator Joe Getty: New Study Documents Adverse Impacts of Raising Minimum Wage In Maryland

New Study Documents Adverse Impacts of

Raising Minimum Wage In Maryland

Marylanders for Joe Getty

February 10, 2014

At a press conference this morning, the results of a new study on minimum wage prepared by economist Stephen S. Fuller, Ph.D., George Mason University, were released by the Maryland Foundation for Research & Economic Education.

Over ten bills have been introduced in the Maryland General Assembly this session and will receive hearings in the House and Senate this week.

In an extensive research report, Fuller concludes that raising the minimum wage in Maryland would:

     1.   increase the price of consumer goods;
     2.   reduce employment and personal income;
     3.   weaken the state's competitive position relative to adjacent states having lower labor costs;
     4.   slow the growth of gross state product; and
     5.   slow population growth and weaken real estate values.

The full report has been posted on the WBAL-TV website (Click Here).

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Monday, December 16, 2013

Gov. Bob Ehrlich will join Secretary Larry Hogan of Change Maryland to Headline Business Panel on Dec. 17

Gov. Bob Ehrlich to Headline Business Panel on Dec. 17

Gov. Bob Ehrlich will join Secretary Larry Hogan of Change Maryland to Headline Business Panel on Dec. 17

Obama's Desperate Course Corrections

Gov. Bob Ehrlich's Op-Ed from Sunday

Fundraiser with Gov. Ehrlich and Sec. Hogan is Tomorrow

Marylanders for Joe Getty

December 16, 2013

Gov. Bob Ehrlich writes a weekly opinion column that appears on Sunday in the Baltimore Sun.

His commentary on the implementation of Obamacare was published yesterday as "Obama's Desperate Course Correction" (Click Here)

Tickets are still available for our fundraiser tomorrow (see flyer below and our website CLICK HERE), which features a book-signing by Gov. Ehrlich. You can also receive a complimentary author-inscribed copy of America: Hope for Change by making a contribution to our campaign.

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Marylanders for Joe Getty December 4, 2013

Dec. 17 Fundraiser Update:

Gov. Bob Ehrlich will join Secretary Larry Hogan of Change Maryland at the "Maryland Business Climate" luncheon on Dec. 17(for information or to register online click here).

Gov. Ehrlich will talk about national issues that are impacting Maryland's business climate including the rollout of Obamacare.

In a recently released book, "America: Hope for Change," Gov. Ehrlich explores the causes and remedies of the seven most difficult issues confronting (and confounding) our culture and country. Autographed copies will be available for a $35 contribution to Marylanders for Joe Getty.

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Maryland's Business Climate

Improving Business Competitiveness Is Topic of Dec. 17 Fundraiser

With Featured Speakers Gov. Bob Ehrlich and Sec. Larry Hogan

Marylanders for Joe Getty

December 6, 2013

When I served as policy director for Gov. Bob Ehrlich, we placed a strong emphasis in our legislative package each year on improving Maryland's business climate. The Ehrlich Administration wanted to make sure that companies throughout the United States knew that Maryland was "Open for Business."

We worked hard to insure that Maryland provided an excellent business environment so that existing businesses could thrive and to encourage out-of-state businesses to relocate their operations here.

My fundraiser "Maryland's Business Climate" on Dec. 17 will include Gov. Bob Ehrlich and Secretary Larry Hogan of Change Maryland to discuss trends and issues facing Maryland if we are to improve our state's competitiveness with our neighboring states (see flyer on reverse).

One of the keys to improving the business climate is tax policy. Gov. Ehrlich drew a line in the sand against increasing Maryland's personal income tax although this was a high priority for the Democrat leadership in the legislature from 2003-06. The Ehrlich Administration's economic development policy also included measures to reduce regulations and improve Maryland's competitiveness.

Our efforts were very successful based upon The Tax Foundation's annual "State Business Tax Climate Index." Under Gov. Ehrlich's business and tax policies, Maryland moved from 31st to 22nd best business climate in the nation.

Unfortunately, over the last seven years, Maryland's business climate ranking has plummeted. At the peak of the O'Malley Brown Administration tax increases in 2009-10, Maryland was the sixth worst business climate in the country. In the recently released 2014 rankings, Maryland marginally improved to the ninth worst.

The states in the bottom ten suffer from the same afflictions: complex, non-neutral taxes with comparatively high rates. The leading factor in Maryland's decline is our 46th highest individual income tax rates. Being the only state in the nation to adopt a "rain tax" further compounds Maryland's poor reputation among the nation's top businesses.

In a recent presentation to the Maryland Rural Counties Coalition, economist Anirban Basu said that such rankings do not tell the true story. In his experience working within the nation's business community, the word-of-mouth perceptions of Maryland's bad business climate are far worse than the rankings show.

Thus it is no surprise that Texas Gov. Rick Perry saw Maryland as easy pickings in an economic development advertising campaign to lure Maryland businesses to the "Lone Star" state. "We pray for rain in Texas," Perry said. "They tax rain in Maryland."

I recently accepted a change in committee assignments to Senate Budget & Tax so that I can have a role in influencing state tax policy. I invite you to join us on Dec. 17 as we explore many options available to improve Maryland's business climate.

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America: Hope for Change

Gov. Bob Ehrlich to Autograph His New Book at Our Dec. 17 Fundraiser

Marylanders for Joe Getty

December 10, 2013

In his book released last month America: Hope for Change, Gov. Bob Ehrlich sets forth a conservative political agenda to set our country back on the "right" track instead of the "wrong" track.

By stressing the individual freedoms and self-autonomy that has made America great, Gov. Ehrlich provides an analysis of our national fiscal crisis and debt, healthcare delivery, job creation, social security and national security. Through his experiences as a Congressman and Governor of Maryland, Ehrlich provides insights that focus on policy solutions to strengthen American culture and economic opportunity.

Gov. John H. Sununu, former New Hampshire Governor and White House Chief of Staff under Pres. George H.W. Bush, describes the book as follows: "Bob Ehrlich makes the case for why America must, aggressively and quickly, fight to reverse the growth and excessive intrusion of the federal government into the lives of all citizens. He makes a clear case that the basic strengths that made America the land of opportunity are being destroyed. The Governor does a great job in defining the problem, the subtleties of the erosion of the system, and then proposes an agenda to fix the system."

Our fundraiser on Dec. 17, 2013 will feature a book-signing by Gov. Ehrlich. You can also receive a complimentary author-inscribed copy of America: Hope for Change by making a contribution to our campaign.

Please join us on Dec. 17, 2013 with speakers Gov. Bob Ehrlich and Secretary Larry Hogan of Change Maryland.

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The Long-Term Effects of Obamacare

Gov. Bob Ehrlich's Chapter on Obamacare Provides Insights

On Pres. Obama's Healthcare "Agenda"

Marylanders for Joe Getty

December 10, 2013

The current Obamacare debate being played out daily in the national media focuses on the failed mechanics of websites and apathetic enrollment numbers. But what are the long-term effects of Obamacare?

In the chapter "Securing a Healthcare Agenda, Not Quality Healthcare" from his book America: Hope for Change, Gov. Bob Ehrlich provides insights on what Americans may face in the coming years as Obamacare becomes the rule of the land in local hospitals and doctors' offices.

"It is impossible to predict the nature and extent of the regulatory burden represented by a fully implemented Obamacare. One outcome is acknowledged by all sides, however: many of the important decisions will not be made by the democratically elected representatives of the people. Instead, they will be issued by an army of unelected, unaccountable regulators. Such is the legacy of the Obama administrative state . . . the newly empowered Obama bureaucracy enjoys degree of power over the personal decision making authority of ordinary people never before seen in our history," is just one observation made by Gov. Ehrlich.

Our fundraiser on Dec. 17 will feature a book-signing by Gov. Ehrlich. You can also receive a complimentary author-inscribed copy of America: Hope for Change by making a contribution to our campaign.

Please join us on Dec. 17 with speakers Gov. Bob Ehrlich and Secretary Larry Hogan of Change Maryland.

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Upcoming events:

Tues. Dec. 17, 2013

"Maryland's Business Climate" - Fundraiser Luncheon

Hosted by Marylanders for Joe Getty

12 noon - Best Western, 451 WMC Drive, Westminster

For information: www.senatorgetty.com or contact Russ Vriezen at (443) 536-4700 or russ@senatorgetty.com

Thurs. Dec. 19, 2013

Carroll County Chamber of Commerce - Local Authors Book Signing

Senator Getty will be signing two local history books: "Carroll's Heritage" and

"Excerpts from the Engine of Liberty and Uniontown Advertiser"

3 to 6 p.m.

Wed. Jan. 8, 2013

Maryland General Assembly 2014 Session Begins

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Sunday, November 10, 2013

MD St Senator Joe Getty shares a few remarks in Manchester for Veterans Day

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MD Senator Joe Getty speaks at Manchester Town Hall for Veterans Day Ceremonies

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Sen. Getty to speak Wed., July 17 2013 in Union Bridge on the impacts of the 2012 redistricting in the 2014 elections

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2013/07/sen-getty-to-speak-wed-july-17-2013-in.html

How Legislative Redistricting Impacts Carroll County's 2014 Election

Sen. Getty to Speak at West Carroll GOP Club this Wed.

Marylanders for Joe Getty

July 15, 2013

I will be speaking this Wednesday at the monthly meeting of the West Carroll Republican Club about the 2012 cycle of legislative redistricting and how it impacts Carroll County for the 2014 gubernatorial election. The meeting begins with dinner at 6 p.m. and program at 7 p.m. at the Buttersburg Inn (9 N. Main St., Union Bridge, Md. 21791). Dinner is dutch-treat and the public is invited to attend.

As candidates have been announcing their plans this spring and summer, I have been increasingly asked about the new districts created as a result of the 2010 census.

The congressional and state legislative district maps are available on the Md. Department of Planning redistricting website (click here - scroll to the bottom of the page for the link to the interactive map). The Carroll County Commissioner districts did not change and the current map is available on the county board of elections website (click here).

Reprinted below is a summary of how the 2012 redistricting process affected the areas of Carroll and Baltimore counties that comprise Senate District 5:

A RECAP OF REDISTRICTING ON SENATE DISTRICT 5

When representatives of the 13 states met in Philadelphia during the summer of 1787, they debated a controversial provision to require that the members of the U.S. House of Representatives would be apportioned by population. The Maryland delegates to the Constitutional Convention were opposed to that provision because it would give greater power to the larger states of New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia as compared to the smaller states such as Delaware and Maryland.

However, that provision for apportionment by population passed and it became a hallmark of modern democracy in the new federal government. The first federal census was held in 1790 and has been conducted every 10 years since for the primary purpose of apportioning each state's members to the U.S. House of Representatives.

In recent years, the legislative redistricting process has become confusing to most citizens. In Carroll and Baltimore counties, redistricting entails new legislative maps at the federal, state and local level. Every 10 years, these multi-layered legislative districts are redrawn based upon the results of the U.S. census.

Through much of our state's history, the redistricting process was less confusing because the county boundaries served as the boundary lines for state legislative districts. Prior to 1967, every county was allocated members in the State Senate and the House of Delegates based upon broad population formulas.

For example, Carroll County was apportioned with one senator and four delegates whose district was the county boundaries during most of the 20th century.

The use of county boundaries for state legislative districts was struck down due to a U.S. Supreme Court ruling in 1963 of "one-person, one-vote" in a case known as Baker v. Carr. This ruling affected state legislative districts throughout the nation.

Maryland went through the transition with the adoption of new "one-person, one-vote" districts that overlapped county boundaries with the passage of redistricting plan that took effect in 1967.

From 1967 to 1982, the population of Carroll County was split between a western district joined with Frederick County and an eastern district joined with Baltimore County. The majority of population in those two districts was outside of Carroll County. For that reason, Carroll County did not have a resident senator for 16 years.

During the 2012 cycle for Maryland redistricting, the congressional districts were fast-tracked and established by the General Assembly in a special session held in October 2011and were effective for the primary election held April 3, 2012.

The state legislative districts were challenged but upheld in the Court of Appeals and are effective for the gubernatorial election cycle in 2014.

The Carroll County Commissioner districts saw little population change and will remain the same. The Baltimore County Council Districts were slightly amended adopted by the council.

Listed below is a recap of the changes that have occurred in this redistricting cycle:

Congressional Districts: Maryland retained eight Congressional Districts with each district containing a population of 721,529. Carroll County and northern Baltimore County were removed from Cong. Dist. 6 (incumbent, Roscoe Bartlett). Carroll's population was split between Cong. Dist. 1 (incumbent, Andy Harris) and Cong. Dist. 8 (incumbent, Chris Van Hollen). Northern Baltimore County was split between Cong. Dist. 1 also and Cong. Dist. 7 (incumbent, Elijah Cummings). In December, a federal court upheld the congressional plan adopted by the General Assembly and these districts are effective for the 2012 election.

Old Cong. Dist. 6: This district was targeted by the Democrats to pick up a seat and move from a six Democrats to two Republican advantage to a 7-1 Democrat majority in Congress. The traditional Western Maryland district was split with Carroll, Baltimore and Harford counties removed entirely from the district. By shifting 50 percent of the district's population into Montgomery County, a reliably conservative district was altered to one that tilts Democrat. The GOP voter registration was 47 percent - it drops to 34 percent in the new district. Democrat registration rises from 36 percent to 44 percent.

New Cong. Dist. 1: Carroll County becomes nine percent of this district that stretches along the Mason-Dixon Line and encompasses the entire Eastern Shore. Taneytown, Manchester, Hampstead, Finksburg and environs become part of Cong. Dist. 1. A strip of Baltimore County stretches along the Mason-Dixon line about five miles wide to join the district with Harford County and the Eastern Shore. The voter registration numbers of the new Cong. Dist. 1 are: 42 percent Republican; 41 percent Democrat; and 16 percent decline to affiliate.

New Cong. Dist. 8: The remainder of Carroll County becomes 14 percent of this district which is strongly Democratic with 70 percent of the district's population in Montgomery County. Voter registration numbers are: 51 percent Democrat; 28 percent Republican and 20 percent decline to affiliate.

State Senate and House of Delegate Districts: Maryland has 47 Senatorial Districts and 141 delegates (there are three delegates for each Senate District which are apportioned in single member or multi-member districts). The ideal population will be 122,813 for senatorial districts and 40,938 for single-member delegate districts with an acceptable deviation of +/- five percent. The governor's proposal was submitted on the opening day of the 2012 Legislative Session and became law Feb. 24.

Net result for Carroll County: three senators retained and the House Delegation grows from four to eight members. In Baltimore County, the northern portion that is currently Delegate Dist. 5B is now split between three senate districts: 10, 42 and 7.

Senate Dist. 5: The entire Senate Dist. 5 (incumbent, Joe Getty) is shifted to lie within the boundaries of Carroll County. In addition to the current area in District 5A (Westminster, Hampstead, Manchester and Finksburg), the proposed district will encompass western Carroll County (Taneytown, Union Bridge and New Windsor) and southern Carroll County in Eldersburg down to Md. Rt. 26 (Liberty Road). Three delegates will run at-large in the new district but four Republican incumbents (Donald Elliott, Nancy Stocksdale, Susan Krebs and Justin Ready) were drawn into the three-member district.

Senate Dist. 4: The municipality of Mt. Airy and the surrounding election precincts will remain in Senate Dist. 4 (incumbent, David Brinkley), but there will no longer be a single-member delegate district in Carroll County. The bulk of Senate Dist. 4 will move into Frederick County and will have three delegates (incumbents Kathy Afzali, Michael Hough and Kelly Schultz) running at-large in the district.

Senate Dist. 9: In a similar vein, Senate Dist. 9 (incumbent, Allan Kittleman) will still include Sykesville and the surrounding area of South Carroll, but there will no longer be a single-member delegate district in Carroll County. Senate Dist. 9 moves farther into Howard County and the Carroll County portion will be part of a two-member delegate district (incumbents Gail Bates and Warren Miller) of which the majority of the population is in Howard County.

Baltimore County Senate Dist. 10, 42 and 7: Most of the Upperco area is shifted into Senate Dist. 10, which encompasses much of the western portion of Baltimore County. The new Dist. 42 runs diagonally from the northwest corner south along I-83 and into Timonium and Cockeysville. This district offers the best opportunity state-wide for the Republicans to pick up a seat in the State Senate. On the eastern side of the county, Dist. 7 picks up population at the northern and southern edge of the county boundary for a district that is principally in Harford County.

Carroll County - County Commissioner Redistricting: The districts for the Carroll County Commissioners will remain the same. There were no significant population shifts in Carroll County over the last decade and the existing districts remain within the acceptable plus-or-minus five percent range.

Baltimore County Council: The County Council completed the task of redistricting the seven council districts with the adoption of Bill 59-11 Oct. 3, 2011. Northern Baltimore County remains in Council Dist. 3. The councilmanic boundaries established by the bill become effective for the next election of council members in 2014.

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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Sen. Allan Kittleman Announces Candidacy for Howard County Executive in 2014 - by Sen. Joe Getty

Sen. Allan Kittleman Announces Candidacy for Howard County Executive in 2014

Marylanders for Joe Getty

By Sen. Joe Getty

June 12, 2013

Yesterday, I attended the announcement by Sen. Allan Kittleman that he will not seek re-election to the Maryland Senate in 2014 but instead will seek the position of County Executive for Howard County.

On a beautiful, sunny June afternoon, a large crowd of supporters stood at the lakefront pavilion of Lake Kittamaqundi in Columbia with Allan and his family. It was a bittersweet occasion for me because I regret losing Allan as a colleague in the Senate.

Allan is one of the most creative and innovative legislators in Annapolis. I have enjoyed working with him both as a staff member and as a legislator as he has worked to address Maryland's most challenging issues. His sharp legal mind and excellent skills at planning legislative strategy were a complement to his strong presence in Senate floor debates. He will be sorely missed in the Maryland Senate

It was an honor for Sen. David Brinkley and me to stand at the announcement yesterday and endorse Allan for the next step in his political career. David and I had the great fortune to learn about the intricacies of legislative process from Allan's father, Bob Kittleman. In 1995, as freshman Delegates, we served with Bob on the House Commerce and Government Matters Committee and he quickly became our mentor.

Long-time Oriole fans like to talk about the "Oriole Way" of hard work and stressing the fundamentals of baseball. In the mid-1990s, David and I learned the "Kittleman Way" of legislative process.

Bob taught us to develop our own strong moral compass to guide our decision-making and to never veer off-course from that compass when casting votes, debating or interacting with constituents.

Allan is most certainly his father's child. He has learned over his career as Howard County Councilman and State Senator to follow a tried-and-true moral compass in approaching the complex problems facing state and local government today.

I've seen Allan first-hand deal with difficult issues in the Maryland Senate. First and foremost, he always bases his decisions on what he believes is truly best for his constituents. Moreover, Allan never chose the easier path of political expediency, but instead he always chose the course that he felt was right and honest to the citizens of Howard County and Maryland.

There is no doubt that Allan's style of direct and honest leadership will provide the best direction for Howard County's future.

I am proud to call Allan my friend; I am proud to call Allan my Senate colleague; and soon, I will be especially proud to call him - Howard County Executive.

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