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Alderman Harry Huntley voted FOR the proposed city ordinance to penalize businesses with a $1,000 fine if they fail to make you pay ten cents for every paper bag you need for your purchases.

"The Annapolis City Council heard testimony Monday night on proposed legislation that would ban new drive-thru windows in the city. If enacted, the legislation would affect fast-food restaurants, banks and pharmacies. ... Harry Huntley, representing Ward 1, support[s] the legislation."

Ron Gunzburger, candidate for Alderman, spoke out at the Historic Annapolis/Ward One Residents Association joint public hearing, expressing concerns over the planned visitor center, the ballooning costs, and the significant financial impact this will have on residents for years to come - residents who are already paying nearly 25% more in city taxes than they did just seven years ago.

Newly selected Alderman Harry Huntley SUPPORTS Mayor Buckley's costly City Dock welcome center plan. “The welcome center, right now as proposed, is going to give you that same … kind of view for everybody, for everybody, and that is such a beautiful vision that we can let people come to our city and look out on the majesty of the Chesapeake Bay,” Huntley said. “To me, it’s hard not to get behind that.”

"I congratulate Harry Huntley on his selection as the interim Alderman on the city council, and look forward to facing  off against him next year. We have different visions for our city, and vastly different levels of experience. Those differences present voters with a clear choice," said Democratic candidate Ron Gunzburger.

A Democrat who served in Hogan’s administration is trying to join the Annapolis City Council ... Gunzburger currently serves as chief of staff of the nonprofit StoryCorps, which among other things has a weekly radio segment on NPR’s “Morning Edition.” An attorney, Gunzburger has also worked as a public defender, a prosecutor and in a top job at the Broward County Sheriff’s Department in Florida

Ron Gunzburger, a Democrat, kicked off his campaign Wednesday. ... His priorities include public safety, addressing the “growing affordability crisis” in Annapolis and making sure that resiliency remains the priority of the City Dock Revitalization project ... He said that he couldn’t “imagine situations [in which] I would vote to raise taxes because I think the city has a good-sized budget now."

The Annapolis Democratic Central Committee postponed a scheduled hearing to fill outgoing Ward 1 alderman Elly Tierney’s seat until September.

The hearing, originally set to take place Aug. 26, was postponed to “ensure a smooth transition and compliance with Annapolis City code” because...

Ron Gunzburger (Democrat) – a nonprofit leader, attorney, and Historic District resident – today launched his candidacy for Annapolis Alderman in Ward One.

“I love Annapolis, but we’re facing a lot of tough issues,” Gunzburger said. “I’m running to make Annapolis a better, safer, and more affordable community.” ...

Ron's remarks last fall to the National Governors Association meeting in New Hampshire, on the need for more civility in US politics. We need to see those on the other side not as enemies, but as fellow Americans and neighbors (even when we think they are terribly wrong or misguided). If we all start doing that - on both sides - it can make for a better nation.