Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1954-03-18
The Letter Box

voting place for the coming cleo
ton. The efforts of folks in the
Bergundy Hills area to have a re.
coming action rescinded which
had been under advisement" for
9 months is a good illustration of
what it has taken to force" con-
sideration under the present adj
ministration.
Point-Reiteration of sins and
omissions of current administra.
ton will not win an election and
will only wear down the patience
of thinking people. Neither will
it pull protest vote against can
didates who had nothing to do
with the mishandling of the wa
ter and sewer problems. Answer
One of Mr.. Hits claims for
support is that his slate provides
continuity-a carryover of the
thinking of the present admins
tration. Mr.. Bradshaw has been
a party to the present operation
for six years. Undoubtedly Mr..
Hit and his slate will lean heav-
lily on Mr.. Bradshaw's advice in
the months after election should
he be voted in. Mr.. Higgins has
likewise been on council for six
years and he is running again.
Mr.. Milor, a councilman, is run.
ming for Mayor. He asks support
on the basis of the record. 1t is
for these reasons that discussing
past performance is important.
New candidates can be examined
only on the basis of their mental
equipment and demonstrated
abilities, but old candidates must
be examined as well on the basis
of their record of past perform.
ance.
1t is legitimate to consider the
situation in front of Peoples
Drug Store as a demonstration of
what the incumbents can be ex-
pected to do when specific plans
are presented for the develop.
ment of the Viers tract on Hun.
gerford Drive and the Airport
area. An application for the lat.
ter, is pending or will be before
May. With three of the present
administration running and the
fourth not eliminating himself to
date, sins and omissions of the
current administration are i'm.
portant considerations.
Point-Stop yacking about the
sewer problem; the money gained
by special legislation will come in
handy-and will save the next
administration headaches. An
swer-The sewer problem is not
a dead issue. According to esti-
mates in the SENTINEL the ex-
penditure for this one item will
be the largest lump to be spent
by any one council for some time
to come. The contract has not
been signed-so far as the public
knoWs-and public hearing
which was promised does not
now appear to be in prospect.
The handling of the sewer solu-
tion-like Water-has been han
died in private. At a meeting of
the Junior Women's Club March
10, Mr.. Bradshaw indicated he
did not even know why the water
main was brought up the Rock
vile Pike instead of up Viers Mill
road as first contemplated.
1t would seem to be the public's
right to inquire into the plans,
terms and conditions surround
ing the sewer and water prob.
lens; if not, what problems are
large enough to justify asking
for public hearings? 1t is the
ways in which the hundreds of
thousands of dollars have been
handled in private with unsatis-
factory results (as in the case of
sewer and water) that makes it
seem worthwhile for the hun.
dreds of people working in Citi-
Zens for Good Government to go
on night after night, week after
week to bring about a change in
the administration of the cityS
affairs.
John M. Rausch, Chairman
CITIZENS FOR
GOOD GOVERNMENT
Editor:
Since the intent of last weeks
editorial is not too clear, l would
like to convey my independent
thoughts on the matter, formed
after careful study of your state
I, for one, do not believe that
public consideration of the finan-
cial structure of Rockville can
justly be termed swinging dead
CATS. This financial structure is
a pretty complicated affair. In
deed the charter and all other
facets of our city's administra-