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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I could be wrong about this, but I believe the process now is if the county wishes to override this, they need a unanimous vote, no?[/quote]

No. 9 votes. [/quote]

Ah, thanks.

So they need 9 out of 11.

3 of whom voted for another candidate (not Hendrick, forget his or her name).

Will be interesting to see if they vote as a bloc, to show Elrich, or if they use this as an opportunity to re-open the door for the other person. [/quote]

Right, 8 councilmembers voted for James Hedrick, 3 councilmembers (Jawando, Mink, Sayles) voted for Cherri Branson. If I were a councilmember, I would vote to override Elrich's veto if for no other reason than to assert the county council's prerogative over the county executive to appoint the Planning Board commissioners, but I am not a councilmember, so who knows?[/quote]

That’s one way they could go. The risk in going that way is that the Council alone would own the Hedrick appointment and any problems he causes. Hedrick isn’t as caustic as Casey Anderson, but he’s pretty caustic and was a big Casey Anderson fan. The board worked efficiently and quietly without the small but vocal YIMBY contingent represented there. The council would have been better off choosing Branson. [/quote]

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