Rally Scheduled To Protest Emergency Tower Site Selection In MoCo

Greater Olney Civic Association: MARYLAND SENATOR BEN KRAMER GREATER OLNEY CIVIC ASSOCIATION (GOCA) OFFICER BROOKE MANOR ESTATES HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT PRESERVE AT SMALL’S NURSERY HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT DOZENS OF PROTESTING MONTGOMERY COUNTY CONSTITUENTS

WHAT: SIDEWALK MEDIA BRIEFING AND RALLY PRIOR TO MONTGOMERY COUNTY COUNCIL MEETING TO EXPRESS OUTRAGE TO GOVERNOR HOGAN AND THE COUNCIL FOR STEAMROLLING COMMUNITIES AND THE CORRUPT PROCESS IN TOWER SITE SELECTION; TO REQUEST EMERGENCY MEETING WITH GOVERNOR AND HOLD ENTIRE COUNTY COUNCIL ACCOUNTABLE

WHEN: 12:30 – 1:30pm, TUESDAY, JULY 30

WHERE: Front of Montgomery County Council Office Building, 100 Maryland Ave., Rockville, MD

WHY: On behalf of the Greater Olney community of 40,000, we reject Governor Larry Hogan’s and the Montgomery County Council’s buckling to special interests and breaking the promise by the Governor’s Maryland State Highway Administrator Gregory Slater and County Executive Marc Elrich to seek an alternate site for the necessary communications tower that is critical to public safety and first responder needs.

Governor Hogan’s transportation team, the Montgomery County Council and government technocrats have known about the failing emergency response system for 5-10 years, yet failed to notify citizens of the problem, concealing their plans to build giant towers in our communities.

In the wake of their longtime lack of urgency and effectiveness, elected and staff officials and contractors decided to blame Olney for sudden system outages, which are in truth, unrelated to a coherent, fact-based tower location process and timetable. Mysteriously, tower project team members refuse to consider viable alternatives in the Olney area for contrived reasons.

We are mobilizing to demand transparency and accountability, meet with government officials, and agree upon the best solution for all residents in Maryland and Montgomery County.