Havre De Grace Files Lawsuit Against Harford Country Over Redistricting Violations

HARFORD COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) — The metropolis of Havre de Grace filed a suit against Harford Country Government and Members of the County Council, they announced connected Thursday.

The quality comes implicit accusations that the County Council met successful concealed to sermon region redistricting proposals, including the precocious passed Bill No. 21-025.

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Havre de Grace claims this is simply a usurpation of the Maryland Open Meetings Act.

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The suit besides claims that the County Council is violating the County Charter Section 205 Redistricting Procedure with the instauration of a azygous redistricting connection that ignores the Harford County Redistricting Commission’s report.

Havre de Grace is asking that the tribunal nullifies immoderate effort to enact Bill No. 21-025, claiming that the measure came from meetings made successful concealed betwixt Oct. 29 and Oct 31.

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“I americium profoundly troubled by these allegations,” said Mayor William T. Martin of Havre de Grace.  “It should spell without saying that the public’s concern should ever beryllium conducted successful the unfastened for the nationalist to observe, absent well-recognized exceptions to the Open Meetings Act.  Since the opening of the redistricting process, I person urged the County Council to conscionable successful nationalist and present the Redistricting Commission’s program successful the signifier of a measure and modify it, if they saw fit, done amendments.  After doing further research, we judge that erstwhile lawsuit instrumentality sets the precedent that the Harford County Council indispensable bash conscionable that.”

CBS Baltimore Staff