Montgomery County sentinel., 1954-06-24
Democrats and Republicans

cent in accord with my aims.
6. l felt after being a lifelong
resident of the county and being
a farmer for 20 years and in gar
age business since 1880, l thought
l should file at this time.
William l.. SlaytOn
,1.SA, more equitable formula
for aid to school construction = a
formula that recognizes the need
for assistance in counties where
there is a rapid increase in the
school population; legislation re-
quiring the return of some por
ton of the State income and sales
taxes. Montgomery County re-
ceives practically nothing from
the former and nothing at all
from the latter; a common level
of assessments throughout the
State so that Montgomery County
is not penalized for observing
the law on reassessments. Fail
ure to increase assessments in
other counties has hurt Montgom-
cry County through the return on
the equalization fund.
2. Controlled industrial de-
veloprnent would do much to
broaden the tax base. Indis-
criminate industrial expansion,
however, could do much harm to
the county. We should deter
mine the kinds of industry best
suited to the county and then de-
termine those that we would like
to come in; we should establish
an economic development COM
mission to guide the industrial
development of the county and to
prevent unwise, precipitous ac-
ton; we should have master
land use plan that would deter
mine where such industry should
be located, and we should have
such a plan before we rezone to
provide areas for such industry;
we should encourage only those
industries that will tend to con-
tinue the high economic level of
the county and we should estab-
lish controls that will prevent OBJ
iectionable industries from COM
ing in or any industry from
engaging in activities detrimental
to the best interests of the county.
3. I'm for it. The County Coun-
Gil should Cd have authority to
pass its laws under its charter
and should not be subject to the
whim of the legislature and (2)
the County Council should be the
legislative body for the county.
1t should be the responsible body
for all county governmental ac-
tiVity.
4. The Supreme Court of the
United States has spoken elo-
quently on this subject. 1 am in
full agreement with its position.
5. The County Council does not
recognize the differing require
ments between farm areas and
urban areas and make appro-
pirate allowances for these differ
ences in their laws. Require
ments for farm areas need not be
as eXacting as for urban areas;
the farmer should be protected by
proper Zoning. His land should
be zoned for agricultural pur-
poses and assessed accordingly.
If therei S improper zoning or no
zoning, indiscrimniate urban de-
velopments may force the
assessor to place too high an
assessment on farm land.
6. l am running for office be-
cause of a long and deep interest
in local governmental affairs. 1
feel that my familiarity with
local governmental problems will
enable me to understand the pro-
blems of Montgomery County. I
enjoy working in the field of
local government.
Jerry Cook
1. BY getting a larger share of
the sales tax and income tax
money we send to Annapolis.
2. I would consider possible
control development of light
industry, and not heavy industry.
Home owners to be protected by
zoning ordinances and county
planning.
3. I believe that home rule