Councilmember Trachtenberg Speaks at Committee for Ethnic Affairs Meeting

Last evening Councilmember Trachtenberg met with the Committee for Ethnic Affairs (CEA) and talked with the members about the current budget challenges facing the county. After her remarks she took questions from the members and a friendly and stimulating discussion transpired.

The questions prompted an exchange of information ranging from the launch of the MC311 system to the CountyStat program to the ten-cent tax on liquor in the state of Maryland which could provide critical funds to support various social services which are under threat from the extreme budget challenges facing local, state and national budgets. This legislative effort is currently at risk and the committee members asked what they could do to help and Councilmember Trachtenberg urged everyone to contact Delegate Sheila Hixson, Chair of the Ways & Means Committee in Annapolis to urge her full support of this bill.

The Committee for Ethnic Affairs operates out of the Office of Community Partnerships and is chaired by Enas Elhanafi. For more information on the Office of Community Partnerships and other various outreach groups, click here.