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The past 4 years, a reminder for an upcoming event, the election

1. The CCBC would not schedule their weekly meetings in the evenings to provide Calvert County workers an opportunity to attend and provide input to these meetings. (Most of our citizens can not afford to lose a day’s pay to attend our CCBC meetings). Actually, I believe this is against the law. We will soon know for sure.
2. The current CCBC would not allow citizens to speak, using the amount of time necessary, to provide their own insight and suggestions on any given subject. At the same time allowing themselves all the time they desire to speak on any subject. Of course, if you are a wheel or one with deep pockets, you are allowed to speak until you’re horse.
3. The current CCBC would not schedule or hold quarterly meetings for conversing with our farmers to provide assistance in maintaining a healthy farming community in Calvert county. Calvert county is not a city and can not be managed as such.
4. The current CCBC is using route 4 as an excuse for not providing progress to take place in Calvert county. "Excuse" is the word used by the weak. "Challenged" is the word used in conjunction with common sense by those that are educated and willing to work toward a rewarding solution.
5. This current CCBC has been doing everything within it’s selfish power to make Calvert county a bedroom community.
6. This current CCBC has done nothing to help provide assistance in home ownership for our lower income families. At the same time allowing more apartment complexes to be built, taking the money from lower income families and giving them nothing but a rent receipt/piece of paper. Only those with deep pockets have a monetary gain for the future in this type of venture.
7. The current CCBC is the cause of route 4 carrying much more traffic as our citizens have to travel out of county for everyday necessities that we are not allowed to have available to us in Calvert county.
8. Our current CCBC punished a developer for construction within the edge of a wetland area, which was done in error/misunderstanding, while allowing other developers to fill in some of our valuable wetlands.
9. Purchasing a building permit and trying to work within the written word of the permit is like working your way through a maze. Some of the county inspectors have a problem with fully understanding as to what this or that means. Before getting your own permit or having a small contractor get it for you, you owe it to yourself to talk with someone that’s been run through this thrashing machine. It can become very costly, should you/your contractor misunderstand or are misinformed about subtle/minor changes being made.
10. The Calvert County Board of Commissioners, and no one else, is solely responsible for our citizens not having local access to a Wal-Mart, Target, Home Depot, Lowes or any other large discount business that would save everyone in many ways.
11. Calvert county really needs the income lost by not having the businesses listed in item #10. The current CCBC is the sole cause of losing this needed income.
12. The CCBC has failed to address the water and sewer problems/issues that should have been looked into years ago. The people have to bear the added cost caused by neglect.
13. The CCBC has failed to address a very serious problem, our county employee’s retirement program. Income from item #10 would go along way in helping out. This problem didn’t surface over night ....... more neglect on the part of the CCBC.
14. The CCBC failed to give our homeowners a tax break by using item #13 as an excuse. Susan Shaw said this, I didn’t.
15. The CCBC have put Calvert county on the edge of progress, problem is, it isn’t the leading edge. We’re still on the edge of the 1990's, if we are that far along. Their "lack of accomplishments" needed for her citizens speaks for itself.
16. Item # 15 was caused by the CCBC working on their own agenda and not the agenda wanted and needed by the people.
17. It’s my opinion and the opinion of many that the Lusby Parkway/Ethic’s committee law suit, was caused by the lack of oversight by your CCBC, which makes them responsible for the developer making changes that added more money to his already deep pockets.
18. And I do not want the CCBC to ever forget the Lusby Village Green fiasco and the violations while building the Lusby Center. If the CCBC decides to proceed with the village green, it’s going to cost all of us thousands of dollars. Many thousands of dollars.
19. And, of course, the Indoor Swimming Facility and Community Center. Believe me, if it wasn’t an election year, you would not have seen the approval for this long sought after project. They didn’t do this because the people spoke, it was approved because their opponents during this election was making a ruckus due to the length of time this has been laying in the CCBC’s file 13. (For those that don’t understand, file 13 is a trash file).
20. For more reasons than I care to mention, all 5 members of the current CCBC
are responsible for this board being a group of "Under Achievers" that have cost everyone of us more money then we want to know about. You can take that to the bank.
21. This current CCBC has cost you time, money and yes, time from your family as you are forced to shop in another county on your way to or from work or, worst yet, weekend time for a longer shopping trips out of the county.
22. If you have lived in Calvert county for the past 4 years, you have witnessed all the above. Knowing that all of this took place in just a short 4 years period of time, tells you that you can not afford another 4 years of selfish management.
23. We need to make a 100% turn over in the Calvert County Board of Commissioners during the upcoming election for the sake of our county and the people in it.
24. How much has this current CCBC cost us, in the use of gasoline to make out of county shopping trips. Maybe it’s best that there isn’t a figure we can write down and cry over.
25. You, your family and friends need a completely new CCBC that will allow you to speak, hear what you have to say and apply your wants and needs in a way that is most helpful to you and affordable for the county.
26. I have tried to refresh your memory or at least bring you up to date on the issues associated with the current CCBC. The decision is yours. Please ....... no matter what else you do ....... please vote for the person of your choice.
27. Help Calvert county be a better, more comfortable place to live.

Thank you,
Frank J. Larson