George Wenschhof
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| Alan Imhoff |
Former, one
term alderman, Republican Alan Imhoff and Democrat Kevin Greene made their
entry into the race official on Friday.
Imhoff’s
entry makes it six Republican candidates, ensuring a contested primary for
Republican voters, who will choose five to move on to the General election.
Greene is
the eighth Democratic candidate to file for alderman. At the time of publication, Geene had not
responded to my inquiry as to why he was running for office.
I asked
Alan Imhoff, in an email exchange for publication, why he was running and “Do
you feel your votes on the acquisition of the Hargett farm or the city buy-out
will impact voters in this election?”
Imhoff
responded with “Yes decided to run again to hopefully be a catalyst in moving a
number of projects along that were started a long time ago, i.e. completion of
the multi-use path system as outlined 8 years ago. Also to provide my knowledge
and continuing work on long-range planning from a regional perspective both
from Washington Area Council of Governments and the Western Maryland Local
Government Exchange. Add to that my involvement for over 9 years on the
county’s Workforce Develop Board which will tie into my main focus for the next
years – jobs.
As to the
Hargett Farm and buy-out impact on voters, it is too early for me to gauge what
the average voter is currently thinking. Until I get out and talk with
our residents I do not think it is high on their list of concerns as other
issues, but with some folks it will always be.
Personally,
as a long-range planner I do not view the purchase of the Hargett Farm as being
a bad one for the City. For me it was purchased to provide sufficient green
space for the future, an opportunity to develop better recreational facilities
and to minimize increased housing in an area where the road system is not
designed to handle that increased housing. I believe that given a 10 to 20 year
time frame the City can realize those most of those expectations. Baker Park as
we know it today did not appear over night.”
Incumbent
Republican alderman Shelley Aloi, has been rumored as running for mayor,
reelection as an alderman and also for state delegate next year.
Responding
to my inquiry as to what she intended to do, Aloi informed me in an email “I
will be making an announcement at City Hall, Tuesday 3 pm.”
The City
of Frederick primary election will be held on September 10 and the general
election follows on November 5. Voters
will elect the mayor and a five member board of aldermen.
Stay
Tuned.
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