Tracey Toscano has announced that she and her family have bought a new house and are moving across the line out of Riverdale Park.  Her seat as representative of Ward 1 on the Town Council will be vacant, not sure as of what date.  Roland Walker, Maureen Farrington, Bruce Wernek, and Jack Jones have announced their candidacies for the seat.  Since Tracey chairs the Economic Development Committee, I am assuming her replacement will do the same (someone please correct me if I'm wrong).  For me, living near ghost-town center, still mourning the loss of the Bookshop, top on my list of questions to the candidates is how you propose to deal with Douglas Jemal.


Especially Maureen -- back in mid-July you posted this to the pogos list -- does this represent the approach you would take to Jemal, as our Ward 1 rep?

"Maureen E. Farrington freckles at portal.nothingbutshell.net
Fri Jul 15 14:32:06 EDT 2005

http://www.theavalon.org/history.cfm

Here's another article.  Here Jemal worked with the community to save a local treasure.  What community?  Silver Spring.  What treasure?  The Avalon Theatre.

I don't think legal action or negative media involvement is a good idea. A cursory web search on Jemal indicates that he is regularly dragged through the mud, so it would do nothing but keep him busy dealing with the negative press instead of working of filling the center.

I think that he would respond much more warmly to a show of support for buying the properties in the first place.  He was eyed suspisciously from the beginning, and I bet all he wants is a genuine hug instead of one of those half-hearted shoulder taps for his efforts.

-Maureen"


yr neighbor,
Regina





