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Will Montgomery County elect more women to the county council in 2022?


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When the dust settled from the wild 2018 election one that saw dozens of Democrats compete for County Council seats Montgomery County wound up with just one woman on the nine-member council, Nancy Navarro (D).
Montgomery now has a record low number of female  councilmembers, a trend at odds with the county’s reputation as one of the state’s most liberal bastions.
But that’s about to change, according to political professionals, activists and women who plan to run for the council in the 2022 elections including some who came within striking distance in the 2018 elections. ....

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Pamela Smith named chief of U.S. Park Police


Pamela Smith named chief of U.S. Park Police
Tom Jackman, The Washington Post
Feb. 25, 2021
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Pamela A. Smith is the first African American woman to lead the Park Police in the agency s 230-year history.National Park Service.
Pamela Smith, a longtime commander of the U.S. Park Police, was named the permanent chief Thursday by the National Park Service and said she would immediately move to implement body-worn cameras for a department that has no cameras in its cars or on its officers.
Smith, 53, replaces former chief Robert MacLean, who was promoted in August 2019 to head the to the Interior Department s Office of Law Enforcement and Security. The acting chief job was then assumed by Maj. Gregory Monahan, who will return to his post as assistant chief when Smith takes the chief s position Sunday. ....

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