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Pledged to Support the Purple Line

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Purple Line NOW! is asking all candidates for public office at the County Council level and higher in Montgomery and Prince George's County to sign this Pledge:


I, the undersigned candidate for office in Montgomery, Prince George's County or the State of Maryland, enthusiastically support the State's locally preferred alternative for the Purple Line that was selected by Governor Martin O'Malley to submit to the Federal Transit Administration. I pledge that, if elected, I will provide political leadership to keep this project moving toward completion on the most expeditious schedule possible, and make every effort to build even further support for the project. The Purple Line that I support includes:

1. A generally at-grade light rail line that is primarily in its own right-of-way or in dedicated lanes.

2. Excellent service linking Bethesda, Silver Spring, College Park and New Carrollton Metro Stations with stops in Chevy Chase Lake, Long Branch, Langley Park, the University of Maryland on Campus Drive, Riverdale Park and other communities along the route.

3. Completion of the Capital Crescent Trail hiker-biker trail alongside the transit line on the Georgetown Branch right-of-way between Bethesda and Silver Spring where it will connect directly to the Metropolitan Branch Trail.

4. A community- and environmentally-friendly design which mitigates negative impacts in a cost effective manner without impeding the speedy implementation of this project.

I Pledge my support for the Purple Line as described.


Candidates who have signed the pledge: *
(August 30, 2010)

* A few candidates have responded that they strongly support the Purple Line but have a policy to not sign any formal pledges. A candidate's omission from this list does not necessarily signify opposition to the Purple Line.


U.S. SENATE
  1. Barry Asbury
  2. John Kimble
  3. James Lynch
  4. Daniel McAndrew
  5. Barbara Mikulski
  6. Blaine Taylor
  7. Sanqueta Taylor
  8. Eric Wargotz
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
  1. George McDermott (D-4)
  2. Hermon Taylor (D-4)
  3. Sylvanus Bent (D-5)
  4. Andrew Charles Gall (D-5)
  5. Chris Van Hollen (D-8)
* We have been unable to contact Representatives Donna Edwards (D-4) and Steny Hoyer (D-5). They are on record elsewhere as supporting the Purple Line.


STATE OF MARYLAND
GUBERNATORIAL RACE
1. Maria Allwine
    Ken Eidel		2. Martin O'Malley
    Anthony Brown


MONTGOMERY COUNTY STATE DELEGATION

District 14

 Senate:
  1. Karen Montgomery
House:
  1. Anne Kaiser
  2. Eric Luedtke
  3. Bo Newsome
  4. Craig Zucker
District 15 Senate:
  1. Robert Garagiola
House:
  1. Kathleen Dumais
  2. Brian Feldman
  3. Aruna Miller
  4. Lara Wibeto
District 16Senate:
  1. Jerry Cave
  2. Brian Frosh
House:
  1. John Adams
  2. Charlie Chester
  3. Peter Dennis
  4. Bill Farley
  5. Bill Frick
  6. Scott Goldberg
  7. Craig Herskowitz
  8. Hrant Jamgochian
  9. Ariana Kelly
  10. Susan Lee
  11. Kyle Lierman
  12. Michael Sriqui
  13. Mark Winston
District 17Senate:
  1. Jennie Forehand
  2. Cheryl Kagan
House:
  1. Kumar Barve
  2. Dan Campos
  3. Lutz Simmons
  4. Josephine Wang
District 18House:
  1. Vanessa Atterbeary
  2. Dana Beyer
  3. Ana Sol Guitierrez
  4. Michael Heney
District 19Senate:
  1. Michael Lenett
  2. Roger Manno
House:
  1. Sam Arora
  2. Hoan Dang
  3. Jay Hutchins
  4. Ben Kramer
District 20Senate:
  1. Jamie Raskin
House:
  1. Eli El
  2. Sheila Hixson
  3. Tom Hucker
  4. Heather Mizeur
  5. Chris Stoughton
District 39Senate:
  1. Saquib Ali
  2. Nancy King
  3. Robert Smith
House:
  1. Bob Hydorn
  2. Tony Puca
  3. Krill Reznik
  4. Shane Robinson


PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY STATE DELEGATION
District 21Senate:
  1. Jim Rosapepe
House:
  1. Ben Barnes
  2. Scott W. Dibiasio
  3. Brian K. McDaniel
  4. Joseline Pena Meinyk
District 22Senate:
  1. Paul Pinsky
House:
  1. Tawanna Gaines
  2. Anne Healey
  3. Justin Ross
District 23Senate:
  1. Mike Anderson
  2. Darrell Carrington
  3. Bobby Henry
  4. Douglas Peters
District 23AHouse:
  1. Paulette Faulkner
  2. James Hubbard
  3. Lisa Ransom
  4. Ahmed Shukoor
  5. Nicole Williams
District 24Senate:
  1. Joanne C. Benson
  2. Nathaniel Exum
House:
  1. Clayton Anthony Aarons
  2. Greg Hall
  3. Carolyn J. B. Howard
  4. Sherry James-Strother
District 25House:
  1. Antonio Faunteroy
  2. Michelle R. Wright
District 26House:
  1. Holly Ellison Henderson
District 27AHouse:
  1. Theron Green
  2. James Woods
District 47 Senate:
  1. Victor Ramirez
House:
  1. Rachel Audi
  2. Anthony Cicoria
  3. Diana M. Fennell
  4. Doyle Niemann
  5. Wanda Shelton-Martin
  6. Michael Summers
  7. Lamar A. Thorpe


MONTGOMERY COUNTY EXECUTIVE

1. Ike Leggett

MONTGOMERY COUNTY COUNCIL
District 1
  1. Roger Berliner
  2. Bob Vricella
District 2
  1. Sharon Dooley
  2. Charles Kirchman
  3. Eddie Kuhlman
  4. Craig Rice
District 3
  1. Phil Andrews
District 4
  1. Nancy Navarro
District 5
  1. Valerie Ervin
At Large
  1. Jane De Winter
  2. Robert Dyer
  3. Marc Elrich
  4. Fred Evans
  5. Nancy Floreen
  6. George Gluck
  7. George Leventhal
  8. Raj Narayanan
  9. Hans Reimer
  10. Duchy Trachtenberg
  11. Becky Wagner


PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY EXECUTIVE

                             1. Rushern L. Baker III
                             2. Samuel H. Dean
                             3. Michael A. Jackson
                             4. Gerron Levi
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY COUNCIL
District 1
  1. Sam Epps
  2. Mary A. Lehman
  3. Frederick Smalls
District 2
  1. Will Campos
District 3
  1. Eric C. Olson
District 4
  1. Ingrid M. Turner
District 5
  1. Andrea Fletcher Harrison
  2. Nakia T. Ngwala
  3. Pat Thornton
District 6
  1. Venus C. Bethea
  2. Derrick Leon Davis
  3. Leslie E. Johnson
  4. Arthur Turner
District 7
  1. Angela Childs
  2. Darrell A. Miller
  3. Natasha Shamone-Gilmore
  4. Karen Toles
District 8
  1. Sidney L. Gibson
  2. Andre D. Nottingham
District 9
  1. Tamara Davis Brown
  2. Ron Fisher
  3. Mel Franklin
  4. Sydney Harrison
  5. Juanita D. Miller
  6. Catherine "Tiger" Taggart-Ross


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