In a second term, Pittman hopes to create a better future for Anne Arundel County which he envisions will include more affordable and accessible housing, and more resilience to climate change. He wants to leave the county a more equitable place to live and better prepared if another public health crisis emerges.
After community pushback, Council member Nathan Volke revised the bill but still failed to get the necessary votes to pass a restriction on flags at Monday night’s County Council meeting.
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With COVID-19 rates rising, Anne Arundel schools Superintendent George Arlotto has announced that the system will ask students and staff to mask at schools where at least 5% of its population has tested positive for the virus.
The County Council, which sits as the Board of Health twice a year, expressed concern about data presented by Health Officer Nilesh Kalyanaraman showing calls made by children to the county crisis line have increased sharply since the pandemic began more than two years ago.