County Executive Pittman's Weekly Letter

“It’s the direct, raw, and sometimes unconventional story the way I want to tell it. It’s my take on what matters each and every week from the fourth floor of the Arundel Center.”  

-- County Executive Steuart Pittman

 

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Weekly Letter: The Legacy of Anthony Manganaro

Funerals impact me. Especially when the friends and family of the deceased truly share with the audience the person they have lost.

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Weekly Letter: Family Stories

I’ve had zero influence on my sister’s thinking about education, but her work has influenced me. Now that you know about that one sister, I might as well come clean. There are others. They’ve all influenced me. You see, I was born into a public policy think tank.
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Weekly Letter: Back to School

Our future depends on the next generation solving problems, cooperating with one another across the planet, and confronting these threats. Going from a home environment to a school environment is a first step to get there, into something bigger, into community, into diversity, and into opportunity.
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Weekly Letter: Development

I’m not anti-development. In fact I may be more pro-development - pro redevelopment, transit-oriented development, town center development, and housing for our essential workers - than any County Executive before me. But I’ll fight like hell to protect nature from destruction by human beings.\
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Weekly Letter: MACO

When we sit down as a Board of Directors, we are friends and allies in the urgent work of managing the institutions of local government. Doing that work either as an elected leader or a county agency employee without knowing and learning from peers across the state who are doing the same work, would be irresponsible. So we gather in Ocean City, and we all benefit. \
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Weekly Letter: Sailing School

What I’ve found is that sailing on the Bay is a lot like galloping the countryside on a horse. You’re not in complete control, but when you find the perfect balance and tact, you’re in harmony with the world.\
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Weekly Letter: The Hispanic Chamber at Live!

I described the entrepreneurial spirit I’d witnessed at the monthly business breakfasts hosted by our Multicultural Affairs Officer, the generosity of Latino business owners during the pandemic, and our efforts to ensure that our Salvadoran families here legally through the Temporary Protected Status program are informed and prepared to renew that status before it expires. \
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Weekly Letter: The Carnival, Nonprofit Center, and Wye Island

We’ve had another good summer week in our little microcosm of America, even as news from across the globe has ranged from forecasts of sooner-than-expected climate change shocks to US economic forecasters finally acknowledging the effectiveness of federal government post-pandemic action.\
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Weekly Letter: River Days Born, Blues Deliver, and Protecting Meade Village

Three extraordinary things happened in Anne Arundel County over the weekend, so I’m writing about all three - River Days, the Annapolis Blues, and protecting Meade Village. \