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Politics & Government

How Would You Replace Daryl Jones?

The County Council has failed to choose between Peter Smith and Mike Wagner after more than 100 rounds of voting.

It’s been , and the remaining six members still cannot agree on his replacement.

Can you do any better? Patch is wondering who you would choose and why?

Ten people applied to replace the imprisoned Democrat, but the field was quickly narrowed to two: Peter Jones and Mike Wagner.

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There were 100 rounds of voting Feb. 16, and two more deadlocked sessions followed, the .

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The county charter is partially to blame, as there is no tiebreaking procedure in place.

The Baltimore Sun reported Tuesday that the council's failure to choose a replacement within its self-imposed 30-day deadline may hurt its argument.

What should the council do to solve the deadlock?

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