A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 5
In part 4 of this series proponents of Howard County Council districts failed to get a referendum on the ballot in the November 1980 general election. In thi...
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Preserving Howard County’s history, digitally
Thursday I happened to be in the vicinity of the Miller branch of the Howard County Library system at the time of the topping out ceremony for the new Charle...
A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 4
In part 3 of this series Columbia’s new-found political power was tested in a referendum in 1976 on a proposal to expand the Howard County Council from five ...
A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 3
At the end of part 2 of this series Columbia Democrats had finally achieved political power within Howard County: The 1974 general election produced a 5-0 De...
A history of Howard County Council redistricting, part 2
In part 1 of this series I discussed the formation of the Howard County Council as part of an bipartisan effort to modernize Howard County government at the ...