Executive's Job on the Line in Emergency Vote by Council
Anne Arundel County Executive John R. Leopold could be permanently removed from office by a county council vote Wednesday.
The Anne Arundel County Council will meet in an emergency session Wednesday afternoon to introduce legislation that would declare a vacancy in the county executive's office. The emergency session notice came Tuesday, shortly after the verdict was read in the trial for County Executive John R. Leopold. Based on recent charter amendments, the county council can declare a vacancy if an executive is found guilty and convicted of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude, misfeasance or malfeasance in office. Chief Administrative Officer John Hammond is now serving as acting Anne Arundel county executive as a result of the suspension of Leopold from his duties. The Maryland Constitution provides for suspension of an elected official upon a …
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patricia
10:23 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
If all of the county and state employees are represented buy a union, why were all of these employees afraid of losing their jobs, if they just said NO. I find this bizarre, if you want to blame him and his staff, then you also have to blame the union that was supposed to be protecting them from this type of abuse, isn't that what they were all paying dues for? more ›