Minutes of Carroll County Democratic Central Committee

November 12, 2014, Finksburg Branch Carroll County Public
Library 

Attendees: Mitch Edelman, Jim Gregory, Jackie Jones,
Lowell Jones, Frank Rammes, Neil Ridgely, Anita Riley,
Dorothy Scanlan, Tom Scanlan, Don West Guest: Hope Jacobs

Meeting called to order 7:03 PM.

Chairman's report:
Don introduced Hope Jacobs to the Committee. She is
presently a substitute member of the Board of Elections. She
presented her credentials, and explained that the Board will
no longer have substitute members; instead, it will
organize itself as a 5-member board. The CCDCC is being
asked to recommend 4 names for 2 slots by March, 2015. Ms.
Jacobs went over the duties of a board member, and she
stated that at present compensation for full board members
is $3000/year. Ms. Jacobs asked that the CCDCC recommend her
for one of the positions.

Don stated that the process should be open. Frank moved
(Neil second) that we put a notice on the website and that
we discuss at January meeting. Motion passed unanimously.

Don will send Ms. Jacobs' resume to the committee for its
review.

The first post-election state party meeting is scheduled for
12/6, at a place TBD, most likely Annapolis or some other
place in PG County. All members are invited to attend.

Approval of October Minutes:
Neil moved (Frank second) that minutes be approved as read.
Motion carried unanimously.

Treasurer's Report:
Previous balance was 7605.82 Deposits were 1830.00, total
expenditures were 4046.35. New balance is $5389.47. There
are no outstanding credits or debits. Mitch moved (Neal
second) to accept report as read. Motion carried without
dissent.

Club Reports:
Anita reported that S. Carroll club will have Christmas
dinner at 7PM, 12/4. Cost is $10
Don mentioned that on 12/11, all clubs and Central Committee
will have dinner at Buttersburg Inn, price TBD – or we will
order off menu. This event may be an opportunity to raise
money for committee.

Committee Report:
Neil discussed local politics: there will be news coming out
later this week regarding ethics committee action regarding
possible conflict of interest charges against  Dennis
Frazier for holding both a commissioner's seat and
maintaining his teacher's position. Also, there was
discussion of Joe Getty possibly moving to a position within
the Hogan administration and if so, filling his Senate seat.

Anita reported on the 10/18 breakfast: about 60 people
attended, and the Committee realized a net profit of $900.

New Members:
Don mentioned that Charles Harrison expressed interest in
joining. He also discussed current committee membership has
just 1 female member, and there were 4 male members from
District 2.

Frank nominated (Neil second) Anita Riley to the District 5
seat. Appointment approved unanimously.

Mitch's appointment was changed to District 1
representative.

Frank nominated (Neil second) Dorothy Scanlan as female At
Large committee member and Tom Scanlan as District 4
representative. Appointments approved unanimously.

Election voting analysis:
Jim Gregory discussed his analysis of voting in general
election: about 25-30% of county electorate is registered
Democratic, and almost the same number of voters are
unaffiliated. In county commissioner races, Dem. candidates
polled about at that rate, but Brown-Ullman were well below
that rate. Inference is that top of the ticket did not help
local candidates in any of the races.

Jim will send members his spreadsheet analyses, derived from
the election results posted by the County.

Submitted by Mitch Edelman.