Primary election Tuesday
Maryland’s primary election is Tuesday and local Democratic and Republican voters have plenty of competitive races to weigh in on. The District 8 Democratic congressional primary is one of the most expensive House races ever, with businessman David Trone of Potomac, state Sen. Jamie Raskin of Takoma Park and former Marriott International executive Kathleen Matthews of Chevy Chase seen as the leading contenders to win. There’s also a competitive school board race pitting longtime board member Phil Kauffman against a group of challengers for his at-large seat. The state’s Democratic and Republican presidential primaries will also take place Tuesday, with Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump favored to win. And voters will finally decide between Rep. Chris Van Hollen and Rep. Donna Edwards in the feisty Democratic primary for retiring Sen. Barbara Mikulski’s U.S. Senate seat. Republicans will also choose Tuesday which candidate to run against Rep. John Delaney in Maryland’s 6th Congressional District.
For a complete list of primary candidates and contests see Bethesda Beat’s primary voters’ guide.
County Council to continue budget work
The council will continue its work on the fiscal 2017 budget during work sessions Monday, where members will review the budgets for the Office of Human Rights, libraries and the Department of Permitting Services.
At its meeting Tuesday, the council is scheduled to take action on proposed revisions to contracts with the government employees’, firefighters’ and police unions that would reduce proposed salary increases. If approved, the county would need to renegotiate contracts with the unions.
A public hearing on a bill that would allow senior citizens who live in the county to offset property tax payments until they sell their homes is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon.
Two sentencings in major county crime cases scheduled for later this week
Tavon Miles, a 26-year-old Gaithersburg man found guilty of shooting and killing 23-year-old Marc St. Aubin in a drug-related robbery inside a Olney home in March 2014, is scheduled to be sentenced Thursday morning inMontgomery County Circuit Court in Rockville.
On Friday afternoon, Christian Jordan, a Washington, D.C., man who pleaded guilty in June to sexually assaulting two women in the Wheaton Metro parking garage in two December 2014 incidents, is scheduled to be sentenced in Circuit Court.
Rain expected throughout the week
The National Weather Service expects Monday to be a beautiful day with a sunny high of 78 degrees, but then the weather gets rougher for the rest of the week. Showers and thunderstorms are predicted Tuesday afternoon when the high is expected to reach 82 degrees. A cool Wednesday is expected with a high of 65 degrees. There’s a chance of showers Thursday and Friday with temperatures in the mid-60s both days. Nighttime lows in the mid-50s are predicted all week.
