Ervin To Resign From Council — Second-term County Councilmember Valerie Ervin (D-Silver Spring) will announce her resignation from the Council on Tuesday. She will take over as executive director of the New York-based Center for Working Families, leaving an open seat in the 2014 primary and requiring the Council to appoint a successor until the new Council is installed. Ervin, 56, is the first black woman to serve on the nine-member governing body. She focused much of her work on social justice issues, but enraged certain union leaders during her time as Council president in 2010-2011. As the rough economy continued, the Council made several cost-cutting moves such as cutting certain police benefits and reforming abuses of the county’s disability retirement system. She explored a run for county executive, but effectively dropped those plans once County Executive Isiah Leggett said he would run for reelection. [Washington Post]
FDA To White Flint — The Food and Drug Administration will take up about 60 percent of the new Nuclear Regulatory Commission building next to the White Flint Metro station, what could put an end to the controversy among those in Congress about a large amount of wasted NRC office space in White Flint. [The Gazette]
Pike & Rose To Start Leasing With Employers In Mind — PerSei, the first apartment to start leasing in the Pike & Rose project, will try to use employers as a way to target potential tenants. Bozzuto, which is managing the building, will start pre-leasing units in January with special rates for employees of companies or employers that take part in a Preferred Employer Program. The more employees from a particular company that live in the building, the higher the incentives. [Friends of White Flint]
Councilmember Skipped Traffic Court, Had $1,265 In Unpaid Tickets — New Council President Craig Rice (D-Upcounty) had $1,265 in unpaid parking and traffic tickets from the past three years in Montgomery County, Annapolis and D.C. until he paid most of the tickets off yesterday. That came after a report from ABC7 in which Rice said he skipped a requested date in traffic court on Nov. 7 because he was busy with the 100,000 Homes Campaign. Rice was pulled over on I-270 for driving solo in an HOV lane during the morning rush hour. Rice said he thought it was OK to pass on the left, so he requested the trial. Rice also said a slew of tickets from D.C. were mailed to the car dealership he leased his vehicle from and not him. [ABC7]
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