Northwood News ♦ April 2008

Special Election to Fill Marilyn Praisner’s Seat

Our District 4 Council­member, Marilyn Praisner, died in February.  A special election has been scheduled in order to fill the resulting vacancy on the County Council.  Primaries will be held Tuesday, April 15.  The General Election will be on Tuesday, May 13.  The winner will serve until noon on the first Monday in December 2010.

District 4 includes all or parts of Aspen Hill, Burtonsville, Calverton, Cloverly, Colesville, Derwood, Fairland, Olney, Sandy Spring, Silver Spring, Spencerville, Wheaton, and White Oak.  (Northwood/Four Corners is the southernmost tip of the district.)  At press time, five candidates had filed.  However, the deadline to file is not until March 24, so by the time you read this, there could be more candidates.

The candidates are as follows:

• Mark D. Fennel, Republican
• Steve Kanstoroom, Democrat
• Nancy Navarro, Democrat
• Don Praisner, Democrat
• Pat Ryan, Democrat

We are inviting all the candidates to attend our April 9 Association meeting, and we will try to contact them in advance with questions.  However, the timetable for this election is quite short, so we will all need to work hard to become informed voters.   ■