Typical Jim Brochin - completely pandering for votes without any real solutions. I'm sure half of the fire site will bring enough money for half the air conditioning needed. Also, how do a fire department and a retail development share driveways to a traffic light and the myriad of other development issues on that site that would need to be shared? Brochin just wants issue press releases to tell people what they want to hear rather than actually working with the County on real solutions to problems.

Brochin is a shameless grandstander. He has no role in this process.

I agree. Brochin will say or do anything to pander. Amazing how people vote for the guy.

"The promise came from Yolanda Winkler, a lobbyist for the county, according to Brochin."

Okaaay. Lemme take that to the bank.

Working for the good of the electorate = the job description of an elected official.
Brochin is doing that.

I would suspect that Blue Alpha, Observation and Get Real are either developers or members of the current or prior County Administrations, both of which are/were owned and operated by the developers. It wouldn't be the first time that members of the administration hid behind an alias to post comments on this site. Thank heavens for elected officials like Jim Brochin who look after the interests of local residents.

We can't let up now. Sounds like we're making progress but Jim Brochin's statement may be doing more harm than good....if everyone thinks the site is officially off the table, people may stop petitioning it. When in reality, it's still on there until we have an official written statement. Keep it up people!

"....both of which are/were owned and operated by the developers."

Looks like Brochin gets a good portion of his cash from developers too.

http://influenceexplorer.com/politician/id/a60223a30aa243bbb33af486c0db706a?cycle=-1

I can't believe property values in historic East Towson or Towson Green have been helped by all the uncertainty and saber-rattling by KK. At least Brochin and Marks have offered reassurance to the community.

Thank you Jim Brochin, for advocating for your constituents and standing up for our quality of life. We will not be bullied or placated by elected officials who think it is "creative" to bulldoze playgrounds.

Dear Kevin,

Remember all that money you solicited from us last election? Time to play ball.

Give us the York Road lot now and plow under that playground. You owe us.

Signed,

Concerned Developers of Towson

I want local senators and delegates in our area to sign a bill to stop the sell of the north point govt center and stop the relocation of 200 students at eastwood magnet center *my daughter being a student and myself being a concern parents with both of the options we are being given for our children* We just want our school to be left alone and they can use diamond point or the old ames or sams club on eastern avenue for a police station not eastwood magnet center!!!

Unlike the cowards who hide behind fake names to shield their county-paid interests, my organization and I don't shy from being authentic and forthright about who we are and the truth that we stand for in Maryland. I'm talking about Foot's Forecast, a platform that has twice the number of likes as did NOT vote for Kamenetz. Want to play a numbers game? We have 65,000+ readers in Facebook across Maryland, and when there is a storm, 250,000 individuals in the state, and another 400,000 across the world. We're not opposed to advertising, for free, this cause. If I have to ask that army of 750,000+ to join this fight and put the law back into the hands of the people, I will. The County Council, the Executive and the Developers should be on notice that we will not let you subvert due process to achieve unethical objectives in plain sight, or behind closed doors. You have awakened the beast, and just like the weather in Maryland, we are relentless as many here probably already know. November 2014 might as well be tomorrow.