On Maryland Politics Watch Today

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Councilman Roger Berliner has lent his support to a park at Woodmont East in Bethesda. Councilman Marc Elrich also supports the park. Meanwhile, residents near Georgia Ave. have unified in an organization called GreenSpaceonGeorgia.org to fight to get a property designated as Legacy Open Space and to protect green space near their communities.

Meanwhile, debate over the county growth policy grinds on but planning staff explained to me that new traffic restrictions are unlikely to limit any projects in Bethesda. Coverage of the special session and major changes made to O'Malley's budget plan by the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee is below as well.

Of course, there is an election roundup including information on races in Rockville and Gaithersburg as well as events in Virginia. Del. Ana Sol Gutierrez (D-18) of Chevy Chase and the County's senior Latino elected official fought for one of the two slates in Gaithersburg. See an additional post on controversy in the Gaithersburg election.

However, the next post addresses the issue of divisions within the gay-rights movement over legislative strategy.