Town Hall Meeting Wednesday

Join us for a daytime Town Hall Meeting this Wednesday, June 16, in the Leisure World Social Hall at 2 p.m. This is your opportunity to voice opinions on specific issues and ask us questions in an organized, but informal, setting.

Topics expected to be of interest include the public safety, traffic, growth, the County budget, health programs and taxes—including the recently increased energy tax.

We recently approved the Fiscal Year 2011 budget that required closing a shortfall of almost $1 billion due to decreasing revenues. We made some very difficult decisions that will impact every resident of this County. This meeting will allow us to hear about your priorities and concerns. And it also gives us the opportunity to explain some of the issues that are before us.

This Council has made a priority of having better direct communication with residents, and Town Hall Meetings have proven to be an excellent way to do just that. For residents, these meetings provide a forum where they can see their elected officials in a different format than a televised meeting or through a news release.

The meeting will be taped for later broadcast on County Cable Montgomery (CCM—cable Channel 6 on Comcast and RCN, Channel 30 on Verizon). Leisure World is located at 3700 Rossmoor Blvd. in Silver Spring. Non-residents of the community must check in at the security gate before proceeding to the Town Hall Meeting.

For more information about the Town Hall Meeting or about the broadcast times, call 240-777-7931.