The primary purpose of Bill 19-25 is not to preserve farmland. It is to exclude unwanted projects – or unwanted people – from a councilmanic district. [OP-ED]

The project has met all the legal requirements but Councilman David Marks, who lives less than a mile away, has crafted a bill to block it. [OP-ED]

Small party committees now fill legislative vacancies, resulting in friends-and-family appointments rather than grassroots democracy. Advocates, citizens and even the Maryland Senate want change. [OP-ED]