Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-04-22
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that Service specifically cleared
his candidacy on this point? This
is the procedure that the Civil
Service rules would seem to re-
quire"
There is also the question of
the citys charter" Milor added.
Il gave Mr.. Hovsepian and his
cronies an opportunity to clarity
their position on this point.
Specifically, gave them an op-
portunity to say point blank that
they were not planning to junk
the charter. They responded with
weasel-worded piece of evasive-
ness that failed completely to
answer the sixty four dollar
question"
IF they don't plan to junk
the charter, let them say so with
out trying to duck the issue ~
hind a lot of fuzzy double talk"
Milor added.
Let me say at this point that
l have no intention of ducking
the questions that have been put
to me-" Milor said. For one
thing, Mr. Hovsepian and his
slate have attempted to torture
my position on parking. They
would like to have people be-
ieve that parking is a black-and
white, either-or proposition. They
contend that either you do as
Silver Spring has done, use
public authority TO ask the bust
nessman or you ask everyone to
chip in to line the businessman's
pockets.
IF these so called master plan
ners were as careful with their
facts as they are ambitious, they
would know that there are over
two dozen different approaches
now being used TO solve munich
pal parking problems throughout
the country.
They would know that plan
ming experts agree that what
works in one place may not
necessarily work in another; thstN
any approach must be based on
a ground-up study of a COM
munity's parking needs. They
would also know that private
enterprise itself is providing 9S
per cent of all municipal off
street parking in the country.
'For my part" Milor assorted,
Il have no present patent-medi-
cine, vote-catching gimmick for
Rockville's parking situation. I
am not aware of any studies
which have provided the basic in
formation necessary to narrow
down the alternatives to Rock
ville's problem. 1 intend to see
that the necessary studies are
made, that adequate public hear
ings are held, and, if necessary.
that the question be put to
referendum. / will admit no spe-
cial fondness for what 1 consider
a socialistic approach through
government ownership and op-
Grafton. 1 would hope that priv
ate enterprise in Rockville will
meet the challenge as it has done
in many other communicate
throughout the land.
II would also like to make
clear" Milor said, "that the i'm
portant questions in this election
are not administrative forms and
procedures, but detectives and
policies.
"The mavor and the council
are supposed to be policv offic-
ials. not red tame artists. Their
imnortant stock in trade is iudg-
ment and point of view. In other
words. the real issue in this cleo
ton is Rockville. What kind of
CITY should Rockville be? Mr..
Hovsepian and his crew of plan
ners have dncked this question
completely. There is reason to be-
Ileve that some of them don't
even know what kind of citv
Rockville is, let alone what it
should be? -,
THE really important fact
Mi'or continued chat a s1ale
comnosed princinallv of COM
nouters who are irvine to nass
themselves off as spokasnoen for
fhe newer sections of the civ
s'mnlv can't approach the do
velonment of Rockville with
candor and understanding"