Carroll County Observer

Four defendants were held without bond for an alleged kidnapping that occurred in Westminster on May 21, 2024. Additionally, a fifth defendant was held without bond for allegedly threatening to retaliate against the female victim on May 24, 2024. Additional details here: https://carrollcountyobserver.com/2024/05/29/latest-developments-in-the-alleged-kidnapping-incident-that-occurred-in-westminster-on-may-21st/

Commissioner Vigliotti proposed a change that would leave in the Recordation tax increase but remove the Property tax increase for FY25. Vigliotti attempted multiple proposals to find funding by removing current one time funded projects or by using existing unallocated funds. There was no official vote taken on a motion for these approaches on May 16th. Commissioners have decided to hold an additional Work Session meeting on Tuesday April 21st starting at 9:00am. Commissioners are expected to come to a decision about the the final FY25 budget on that date.

On May 16th during the “FY25 Adopted Budget Work Session” a motion was made to pass the budget with two tax increases (Property tax and Recordation tax). That motion failed by a vote of 2-3. Commissioners Kiler and Rothstein voting yes while Commissioners Vigliotti, Guerin and Gordon voted no. Next Work Session scheduled for May 21st at 9:00am

Statement made during Public Session in the morning of May 16, 2024 by Carroll County Commissioner Kenny Kiler.

Images from Day 1 and Day 2 early voting locations in Carroll County (Eldersburg and Westminster) #CarrollCountyMD #Maryland #MDVotes #EldersburgMD #WestminsterMD

You can watch the full Budget work session meeting (more than 4 hours) from April 9th here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W06jDCrcf4Q

Pay close attention to the ongoing FY25 Carroll County Government budget meetings. There appears to be a push to increases taxes this year to cover the shortfalls in revenue. Not every jurisdiction is taking this approach. What are your thoughts? Watch past and upcoming budget discussions here: https://www.youtube.com/@CarrollCountyGov/streams #CarrollCountyMD #Maryland #HarfordCountyMD

Video from FY 25 Recommended Budget Presentation March 19, 2024 on the Carroll County Government Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_YUwv7lwTk #CarrollCountyMD #Maryland #Library #KennyKiler

Maryland House of Delegates debate over legislation for Carroll County Sheriff pay raise - March 16th Maryland Muckraker covered the story here: https://www.mdmuckraker.com/p/carroll-sheriff-pay-raise-passes Legislation passed the house 124-12

This is a highlight reel of statements from the discussion on March 7th. A good writeup on this issue can be found here from the Maryland Muckraker: https://www.mdmuckraker.com/p/commissioners-discuss-removing-supermajority

On March 4th the Carroll County Democratic Club held a forum for candidates running for Board of Education in 2024. All four candidates running in 2024 attended (Muri Lynn Dueppen, Amanda Jozkowski, Greg Malveaux and Kristen Zihmer). A supporter of The Observer took this video at the event and shared it with this entity.

Video shared to The Observer from the Community Outreach meeting on March 5th regarding a proposed storage facility to be located next to Carroll Highlands in Eldersburg Hopefully Carroll County Government recorded the meeting and will be sharing that on their Youtube channel soon. #CarrollCountyMD #Eldersburg #EldersburgMD #Maryland

Remarks from Former Governor of Maryland Bob Ehrlich at the campaign event for Carroll County BOE candidate Kristen Zihmer on February 22nd #Maryland #CarrollCountyMD #BoardOfEducation #BobEhrlich #GOP #Republican #Conservative

Opening remarks from former Delegate Susan Krebs at the campaign event for Carroll County BOE candidate Kristen Zihmer on February 22nd #CarrollCountyMD #Maryland #BoardOfEducation

Video from the “Beat The Winter Blues An Evening Of Dinner And Drinks With Bob Ehrlich“ event held by Carroll County BOE candidate Kristen Zihmer on February 22, 2024. #CarrollCounty #CarrollCountyMD #Maryland #boardofeducation

Carroll County Commissioner Kenny Kiler spoke about the recent sale of the Baltimore Sun during Priority Carroll on January 25th. #CarrollCountyMD #BaltimoreSun #CarrollCountyTimes

Commissioner Kenny Kiler made the following remarks on January 25, 2024. #CarrollCountyMD #Maryland #socialmedia

Conversation with State Senator Sarah Elfreth about SB0386 - Voting Rights for Student Members of the Board SB0386: County Boards of Education – Student Members – Voting Rights and Participation in Executive Sessions View the legislation here: https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2024RS/bills/sb/sb0386f.pdf Article from 2023 on this topic: https://www.marylandmatters.org/2023/02/21/maryland-lawmakers-introduce-bills-expanding-student-school-board-member-voting-rights/ #Maryland #MDPolitics #CarrollCountyMD

Greg Malveaux held an event at Greenmount Station Restaurant in Hampstead on January 22nd. This is some of what he had to say to the crowd at that event. #CarrollCountyMD #Maryland #Education #BoardofEducation #Politics

Greg Malveaux talks about his opponents in the race for Board of Education in 2024

This is a speech delivered by Commissioner Kenny Kiler on January 22, 2024 at Greenmount Station Restaurant in Hampstead at an event for Greg Malveaux (Board of Eduction Candidate in Carroll County). #CarrollCountyMD #Maryland #Politics #boardofeducation

My 3 things I am watching for: 1) Can Trump get more than 50% 2) Who gets 2nd between Haley and DeSantis? Also...if DeSantis finishes 3rd...is that the beginning of the end of his campaign? 3) Can Ramaswamy get the youth vote out and get into the double digits (10% or more) tonight?

This is part three of a video series showing some budget history numbers of the County Budget here in Carroll County. Stay tuned for part 4 and be sure to watch the previous videos in this series for additional details. #CarrollCountyMD #Maryland #Budget #LocalGovernment

This was public comment during the Carroll County Board of Education meeting on January 10, 2024. #CarrollCountyMD

Muri Dueppen talks about the policy revision related to books and school safety on January 10th at the Carroll County Board of Education Meeting This was public comment at the Carroll County Board of Education meeting on January 10, 2024 #CarrollCountyMD