Written Testimony and Correspondence from Town Residents to the Town Council
The table below includes all official correspondence from Town residents to the Town Council.
The views expressed in the following correspondences are solely that of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Town of Washington Grove, the mayor, the town council, or any other associated parties.
Which comments sent to the Council are considered "official correspondence"?
Official correspondence is any written submission to the Town Council, including
- written comments sent from individual residents or past residents via mail or email to the full Council
- written comments made as part of a public appearance at a meeting of the Council, and later submitted to the Town Clerk
- petitions signed by 25 or more voting residents
that is delivered via one of the methods outlined in the Q&A immediately below this one.
How should I send my comments to the Council, in order for them to be considered official?
- by email:
- sent the Town’s email address, [email protected], with an instruction to the Town Clerk to forward the correspondence to the Mayor and Council
- directly to all Councilors, using their personal email addresses and/or the email addresses listed on the right side of the home page of this website, under “Contact Information / Mayor and Town Councilors and their Areas of Responsibility”
- NOTE: the webmaster can process comments contained in a Word or PDF document and then attached to an email much more quickly than comments set forth in the email itself. Comments set forth directly in the email, rather than in an attachment to the email, can take up to one week to post on the website. Submission in PDF format is preferred; in Word, look for a “Save as PDF” option in the File menu.
- by letter:
- sent to the Town’s mailing address, PO Box 216, Washington Grove, Maryland, 20880-0216, with an instruction to the Town Clerk to forward the correspondence to the Mayor and Council
- directly to all Councilors, using their personal mailing addresses listed in the Town Directory.
All comments received by one of these methods are considered “official correspondence” and will be included in the table below.
What kinds of written comments are NOT considered “official correspondence”?
Comments that are not considered “official correspondence” include comments:
- published only on the Town’s informal listserv.
- sent as individual messages to the Mayor and/or Councilor(s), unless the sender includes a direction to share it with the full Council.
- sent only to the Town Clerk, even if the clerk later passes those comments on to the Mayor and/or all Councilors, unless the sender specifically requests the Clerk to share their message with the Mayor and Council.
- sent to the Mayor and Council from Town commissions or committees.
- sent by non-residents (other than past residents) (note that comments from non-residents may be published elsewhere on this website).
- submitted anonymously.
Any comments that fall into any of the categories above will not be published in the table below.
I would like to send official correspondence to the Town Council, but want to have it remain private (i.e., not listed in the table below). Can I do that?
Yes. Send your correspondence separately to each Councilor (and to the Mayor, if you choose). You can find the email addresses of the Mayor and Councilors on the right side of the home page of this website, under “Contact Information / Mayor and Town Councilors and their Areas of Responsibility”. You can also find their email addresses in the Town directory. If you prefer to send a printed letter, send the letter separately to each Councilor (and to the Mayor, if you choose) at the street or post office address listed in the directory.
Note that under Maryland’s Public Information Act, anyone can request access to government records, and that government records include all correspondence with officials, not just correspondence shown in the table below.
I submitted comments and they are now on the website. However, I want to revise or retract these comments. Can I do that?
No. Your original comments, once submitted, stand. The letter will not be removed from the website because it includes spelling or punctuation errors, because it doesn’t reflect everything you had to say, or for any other reason. You are, however, free to submit a second letter on the same topic.
Notes about the table below:
- The table includes all official correspondence from Town residents to the Town’s government dated August 1, 2021 or later.
- Items are added to the table as they become available to the webmaster.
- The table is sortable by item number, date, author, and topic/key words. Click on the up and down arrows to the right of each term in order to sort by that term.
- The search box at the upper right corner of the table searches words presented in the table, but not words contained in the PDF files that the table links to.
Related Resources
- Mayor and Town Council page
- List of, and Links to, Written Testimony and Correspondence from From the Mayor and/or Town Councilors to External Parties such as the County Council and our U.S. Representative and Senators
Item Number and Link | Date | Author | Topic / Key Words |
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2024-54 | 2024-03-24 | Puglisi, Paula | Accessory Dwelling Units - proposed ZTA to allow |
2024-53 | 2024-02-29 | Aitel-Thompson, Nan | McCathran Hall - Proposal to Rename, and Racism in General |
2024-52 | 2024-03-11 | Patrone, Eva | RASEC recommendations to Council, including proposal to rename McCathran Hall |
2024-51 | 2024-03-10 | Frey, Marilynn | McCathran Hall - Proposal to Rename |
2024-50 | 2024-03-07 | Evans, Kathie | McCathran Hall - Proposal to Rename |
2024-49 | 2024-03-02 | Horlacher, Gretchen | McCathran Hall - Proposal to Rename |
2024-48 | 2024-03-07 | Lottero, Janet and Gary Hayward | McCathran Hall - Proposal to Rename |
2024-47 | 2024-03-07 | Mahaffey, Joan | McCathran Hall - Proposal to Rename |
2024-46 | 2024-03-08 | Winter, Phil (past resident) | McCathran Hall - Proposal to Rename |
2024-45 | 2024-03-08 | McCathran, Ken | McCathran Hall - Proposal to Rename |
2024-44 | 2024-03-06 | McCathran, Joe (past resident) | McCathran Hall - Proposal to Rename |
2024-43 | 2024-03-05 | Silton, Rick | McCathran Hall - Proposal to Rename |
2024-42 | 2024-03-06 | Greenway, Kirk | McCathran Hall - Proposal to Rename |
2024-40 | 2024-03-06 | Zwaniecki, Urszula and Andrzej | McCathran Hall - Proposal to Rename |
2024-39 | 2024-03-06 | Christin, Bob | McCathran Hall - Proposal to Rename |
2024-38 | 2024-03-05 | Gunaratne, Mihili | McCathran Hall - Proposal to Rename |
2024-37 | 2024-03-05 | Puglisi, Paula | RASEC recommendations to Council, including proposal to rename McCathran Hall |
2024-36 | 2024-03-05 | Winkler, Shelley | Racist history of Montgomery County |
2024-35 | 2024-03-05 | Everhart, Liz | McCathran Hall - Proposal to Rename |
2024-34 | 2024-03-05 | Everhart, Jay | Shared Use Path - RASEC Recommendation |
2024-33 | 2024-03-05 | Polston, Eva | McCathran Hall - Proposal to Rename |
2024-32 | 2024-03-03 | French, Larry | McCathran Hall - Proposal to Rename |
2024-31 | 2024-03-04 | Gillanders, Elizabeth | Stormwater management - Identification and prioritization of areas for review |
2024-30 | 2024-03-04 | Gillanders, Elizabeth | McCathran Hall - Proposal to Rename |
2024-29 | 2024-03-03 | Shapiro, Joel and Ken, and Ann Philips | McCathran Hall - Proposal to Rename |
2024-28 | 2024-03-01 | Appleby, Tom and Sylvia | McCathran Hall - Proposal to Rename |
2024-27 | 2024-02-27 | Horan, Meredith | RASEC recommendations to Council, including proposal to rename McCathran Hall |
2024-26 | 2024-03-01 | McCathran, Ken and Joli, and Joan Mahaffey | McCathran Hall - Proposal to Rename |
2024-25 | 2024-02-29 | Christin, Bob | McCathran Hall - Proposal to Rename |
2024-24 | 2024-02-29 | Mento, Lynn | McCathran Hall - Proposal to Rename |
2024-23 | 2024-02-28 | Cavicchi, Richard | McCathran Hall - Proposal to Rename |
2024-22 | 2024-02-28 | Werts, Cynthia and Steve | RASEC recommendations to Council, including proposal to rename McCathran Hall |
2024-21 | 2024-02-28 | Kirschbaum, Dennis | RASEC recommendations to Council, including proposal to rename McCathran Hall |
2024-20 | 2024-02-27 | Nash, Kristen and Tyler Hentze | McCathran Hall - Proposal to Rename |
2024-19 | 2024-02-27 | Klein, Pat | McCathran Hall - Proposal to Rename |
2024-18 | 2024-02-27 | Everhart, Liz | McCathran Hall - Proposal to Rename |
2024-17 | 2024-02-27 | Earl, Bill | McCathran Hall - Proposal to Rename |
2024-16 | 2024-02-27 | Jett, Luther | RASEC recommendations to Council, including proposal to rename McCathran Hall |
2024-15 | 2024-02-27 | Cole, Georgette | RASEC recommendations to Council, including proposal to rename McCathran Hall |
2024-14 | 2024-02-27 | Cosson, Dave | McCathran Hall - Proposal to Rename |
2024-13 | 2024-02-25 | Brasunas, John and Kathleen | McCathran Hall - Proposal to Rename |
2024-12 | 2024-02-25 | Tomlin, John | McCathran Hall - Proposal to Rename |
2024-11 | 2024-02-25 | Winkler, Shelley | RASEC recommendations to Council, including proposal to rename McCathran Hall |
2024-10 | 2024-02-24 | Land, Tom | RASEC recommendations to Council, including proposal to rename McCathran Hall |
2024-09 | 2024-02-23 | Cavenagh, Margo | McCathran Hall - Proposal to Rename |
2024-08 | 2024-02-20 | Bolotin, Mimi | McCathran Hall - Proposal to Rename |
2024-07 | 2024-02-18 | Horan, Meredith | McCathran Hall - Proposal to Rename |
2024-06 | 2024-02-17 | Edwards, Phil | McCathran Hall - Proposal to Rename |
2024-05 | 2024-02-12 | Horan, Meredith | McCathran Hall - Proposal to Rename |
2024-04 | 2024-01-23 | Appleby, Tom and Sylvia | Accessory Dwelling Units - proposed ZTA to allow |
2024-03 | 2024-01-23 | French, Larry | RASEC community survey |
2024-02 | 2024-01-21 | McClelland, John | Accessory Dwelling Units - proposed ZTA to allow |
2024-01 | 2024-01-04 | Aitel-Thompson, Nan | Accessory Dwelling Units - proposed ZTA to allow |
2023-44 | 2023-12-22 | Daggy, Bruce | Conservation Meadow |
2023-43 | 2023-10-04 | McClelland, John | Accessory Dwelling Units - proposed ZTA to allow |
2023-42 | 2023-10-03 | Earl, Bill | Accessory Dwelling Units - proposed ZTA to allow |
2023-41 | 2023-10-01 | Philips, Ann | Accessory Dwelling Units - proposed ZTA to allow |
2023-40 | 2023-10-01 | English, Craig and Mary Lou | Accessory Dwelling Units - proposed ZTA to allow |
2023-39 | 2023-09-28 | Bolotin, Mimi | Accessory Dwelling Units - proposed ZTA to allow |
2023-38 | 2023-09-25 | Clark, Joe | Accessory Dwelling Units - proposed ZTA to allow |
2023-37 | 2023-08-18 | Bolotin, Mimi | Speed humps/bumps |
2023-36 | 2023-07-10 | 25+ residents | Vacant/dilapidated houses petition |
2023-35 | 2023-05-13 | Mahaffey, Joan | Racism - resolution acknowledging the Town’s racially exclusionary past |
2023-34 | 2023-04-13 | Gilmore, Robert | Racism - draft resolution acknowledging the Town’s racially exclusionary past |
2023-33 | 2023-04-09 | Cavicchi, Dick | Racism - draft resolution acknowledging the Town’s racially exclusionary past |
2023-32 | 2023-04-09 | Kobrin, Sarah | Racism - draft resolution acknowledging the Town’s racially exclusionary past |
2023-31 | 2023-04-09 | Schwartz, Rachel | Racism - draft resolution acknowledging the Town’s racially exclusionary past |
2023-30 | 2023-04-09 | Winkler, Shelley | Racism - draft resolution acknowledging the Town’s racially exclusionary past |
2023-29 | 2023-04-09 | Koniz-Booher, Peggy and Bob Booher | Racism - draft resolution acknowledging the Town’s racially exclusionary past |
2023-28 | 2023-04-08 | Patrone, Eva | Racism - draft resolution acknowledging the Town’s racially exclusionary past |
2023-27 | 2023-04-08 | Bolotin, Mimi | Racism - draft resolution acknowledging the Town’s racially exclusionary past |
2023-26 | 2023-04-08 | Hansen, Marc | Racism - draft resolution acknowledging the Town’s racially exclusionary past |
2023-25 | 2023-03-30 | Mahaffey, Joan | Racism - draft resolution acknowledging the Town’s racially exclusionary past |
2023-24 | 2023-04-05 | Klinger, Betsy, Jane Klinger Strodel and Francis Strodel | Racism - draft resolution acknowledging the Town’s racially exclusionary past |
2023-23 | 2023-04-01 | Dibble, Christine | Racism - draft resolution acknowledging the Town’s racially exclusionary past |
2023-22 | 2023-04-04 | Ingham, Lee | Racism - draft resolution acknowledging the Town’s racially exclusionary past |
2023-21 | 2023-04-02 | Gilmore, Robert | Racism - draft resolution acknowledging the Town’s racially exclusionary past |
2023-20 | 2023-04-01 | Land, Tom | Racism - draft resolution acknowledging the Town’s racially exclusionary past |
2023-19 | 2023-03-30 | Brasunas, John | Racism - draft resolution acknowledging the Town’s racially exclusionary past |
2023-18 | 2023-03-28 | Winkler, Shelley | Racism - draft resolution acknowledging the Town’s racially exclusionary past |
2023-17 | 2023-03-25 | Hansen, Marc | Racism - draft resolution acknowledging the Town’s racially exclusionary past |
2023-16 | 2023-03-25 | Ramos, Oscar | Racism - draft resolution acknowledging the Town’s racially exclusionary past |
2023-15 | 2023-03-27 | Winkler, Shelley | Racism - draft resolution acknowledging the Town’s racially exclusionary past |
2023-14 | 2023-03-26 | Brasunas, John | Racism - draft resolution acknowledging the Town’s racially exclusionary past |
2023-13 | 2023-03-27 | Strother, Sita | Racism - draft resolution acknowledging the Town’s racially exclusionary past |
2023-12 | 2023-03-24 | Horlacher, Gretchen | Racism - draft resolution acknowledging the Town’s racially exclusionary past |
2023-11 | 2023-03-19 | Philips, Ann and Ken Shapiro | Racism - draft resolution acknowledging the Town’s racially exclusionary past |
2023-10 | 2023-03-23 | Quesada, Virginia | McCathran Hall - Proposal to Rename; Racism - draft resolution acknowledging the Town’s racially exclusionary past |
2023-09 | 2023-03-23 | McCathran, Ken | Racism - draft resolution acknowledging the Town’s racially exclusionary past |
2023-08 | 2023-03-18 | Henninger, Don | Racism - draft resolution acknowledging the Town’s racially exclusionary past |
2023-07 | 2023-02-26 | McClelland, John | Purpose and validity of the Town Code of Ordinances and business permits |
2023-06 | 2023-02-21 | Seegal, Jane | Racism - draft resolution acknowledging the Town’s racially exclusionary past |
2023-05 | 2023-02-06 | Puglisi, Paula | Racism - draft resolution acknowledging the Town’s racially exclusionary past |
2023-04 | 2023-02-06 | Mahaffey, Joan | Racism - draft resolution acknowledging the Town’s racially exclusionary past |
2023-03 | 2023-02-06 | Cavicchi, Dick | Racism - draft resolution acknowledging the Town’s racially exclusionary past |
2023-02 | 2023-02-12 | Everhart, Liz | Racism - draft resolution acknowledging the Town’s racially exclusionary past |
2023-01 | 2023-02-10 | McCathran, Ken | Racism - draft resolution acknowledging the Town’s racially exclusionary past |
2022-18 | 2022-07-12 | Tomlin, John | Water main - lower Ridge Road |
2022-17 | 2022-07-06 | Tomlin, John | Water main - lower Ridge Road |
2022-16 | 2022-06-13 | Henninger, Don and Birgit | Woodward Park - trash cans, bathrooms |
2022-15 | 2022-06-13 | Horan, Meredith | Woodward Park - trash cans, bathrooms |
2022-14 | 2022-06-12 | Hotaling, Andrew | Roadway improvements |
2022-13 | 2022-05-02 | Cole, Georgette and Ernie Kawasaki | Annual Town Meeting - holding it in person |
2022-12 | 2022-04-27 | McCathran, Joli | Roadway/path improvements |
2022-11 | 2022-04-27 | Henninger, Don | Vegetative management |
2022-10 | 2022-04-10 | Hansen, Marc and Peggy, and Mary and Charlie Challstrom | Comprehensive Plan - comments |
2022-09 | 2022-03-31 | French, Larry | Budget - climate change |
2022-08 | 2022-02-23 | Woman's Club | Miller Drive - parking issues |
2022-07 | 2022-02-14 | Seegal, Jane | Miller Drive - parking issues |
2022-06 | 2022-01-22 | Puglisi, Paula | MLK Holiday - celebrated in WG |
2022-05 | 2022-01-22 | Woman's Club | Electric vehicle charging stations |
2022-04 | 2022-01-21 | Henninger, Don | Trees - Grove Ave. - request to assess |
2022-03 | 2022-01-12 | Seegal, Jane | Electric vehicle charging stations |
2022-02 | 2022-01-11 | Gillis, Keith | Electric vehicle charging stations |
2022-01 | 2022-01-10 | Everhart, Liz | Electric vehicle charging stations |
2021-27 | 2021-12-11 | Warfield, Mary | Shared use path |
2021-26 | 2021-12-11 | Lottero, Janet | Shared use path - written testimony |
2021-25 | 2021-12-06 | Wong, Mimi | Shared use path - written testimony |
2021-24 | 2021-12-04 | Shriner, Donna | Shared use path - testimony at Special Town Meeting |
2021-23 | 2021-12-02 | Everhart, Jay | Shared use path |
2021-22 | 2021-12-01 | Everhart, Liz | Shared use path - Task Force Report |
2021-21 | 2021-11-15 | Kirschbaum, Dennis | Shared use path - procedural comment |
2021-20 | 2021-11-14 | Everhart, Jay | Shared use path - Task Force Report |
2021-19 | 2021-11-14 | Everhart, Liz | Town Council meetings - limiting discussion of meeting minutes |
2021-18 | 2021-11-11 | Blake, Mary | Town Council meetings - using recordings as meeting minutes |
2021-17 | 2021-11-08 | Cole, Georgette | American Rescue Plan funding |
2021-16 | 2021-11-04 | Henninger, Don | Grass/leaf recycling |
2021-15 | 2021-10-29 | Seegal, Jane | Electric vehicle charging stations |
2021-14 | 2021-10-25 | Dibble, Christine | Corridor Forward I-270 Transit Plan |
2021-13 | 2021-10-25 | Harris, Wendy and Paul Campbell | Stormwater management - end of Brown Street |
2021-12 | 2021-10-10 | Land, Tom | Woodward Park - request to add disc golf basket |
2021-11 | 2021-10-05 | Tomlin, John | American Rescue Plan funding |
2021-10 | 2021-10-04 | Puglisi, Paula | Draft of Resolution 2021-11: Establishing Rules for the Uses of the East and West Woods (PDF) |
2021-09 | 2021-10-04 | Ambrose, Kevin | Signage, entrance |
2021-08 | 2021-09-29 | Sturniolo, Emery "Rico" | Speed humps - Ridge Road |
2021-07 | 2021-09-13 | Land, Tom | Communication from Council to residents - distribution of Council agendas |
2021-06 | 2021-09-13 | Everhart, Liz | Shared use path - correction to statement made at Council meeting |
2021-05 | 2021-09-13 | Cole, Georgette and Ernie Kawasaki | Speed humps - Ridge Road |
2021-04 | 2021-09-12 | Hunter-Ceci, Holly and Tony | Speed humps - Ridge Road |
2021-03 | 2021-09-05 | Tomlin, John | Speed humps - Ridge Road |
2021-02 | 2021-09-01 | Bolotin, Mimi and Jack Fassett | Speed humps - Ridge Road |
2021-01 | 2021-08-09 | Everhart, Liz and Jay | Speed humps |