Prince George’s County Corruption & Four More Years!

Mr. Rushern Baker

UPPER MARLBORO – The Prince George’s County Council has voted to amend the county charter to increase term limits for council members and the county executive from two to three terms, but county residents are promising a fight against the proposed change when it goes to the ballot in November.

“Many residents are not in favor of the term limit,” said Angela Holmes, president and community developer for Citizens Encouraging Community Revitalization, who spoke at last week’s council meeting. “What do the county council and the county executive seek to accomplish with the additional term?”
The council passed the amendment unanimously—9-0 and will move forward to the ballot for county voters to vote on in the Nov. 4 election.
Some council members argued the amendment is necessary to keep the county competitive with other counties fighting for resources. Extended term limits will help with continuity, Councilwoman Andrea Harrison said.  Read more >>The Prince George’s County Sentinel , Read more >>> Baltimore sun,  >> Read More Washington times

 OPINION

Prince George’s County is a one-party system, so therefore you get very entrenched incumbents who it’s literally impossible to unseat,” Former county council member Dernoga said recently. He rejected the argument that the county was at a disadvantage compared with its neighbors.

“It’s all the same arguments that we’ve heard from Day 1; nothing’s changed,” he said. “And what I would say is one of the county’s most serious problems is the lack of government officials who have a sense of urgency. So when I hear elected officials say eight years isn’t enough, I have things I have to finish – giving them another eight years is going to continue the lack of focus and corruption. We need to reject this in a very hard way in November 4th, 2014.

We want the current council together with Mr. Rushern Baker to leave the office like yesterday. There are other deserving leaders who are patiently waiting for their term and promises to proof themselves. How long do they have to wait for their turn? Term limits should encourage a sense of urgency — get in, do something, make a way for someone else and get out. We demand term limits and not extensions. Otherwise, here in Prince George’s County, the old-fashioned way: when a politician is taken away in handcuffs for corruption, bribery and abuse of power might become the order of the day unless we stop this. Already the current regime of the Rushern Baker administration is involved in serious  shenanigans. This kind of maneuvering must be eliminated by the Prince George’s County citizenry and a shame the devil.  We must say no to corruption, nepotism, professional misconduct and fraud inter alia.

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