Sugarloaf Alliance
Preservation * Smarter Growth * Transparency in Government
Candidate Survey Responses
For the upcoming election, the Sugarloaf Alliance created and circulated a set of questions to candidates. Below is a list of candidates contacted and whether they responded, a breakdown of the direct responses to the questions by-the-numbers, and individual responses of each candidate with comments they provided.
Respondants
Here is a list of candidates running for County Council, County Executive, and local candidates running for State House of Representatives and State Senate. We sent surveys to everyone listed and got responses from a just over half. It is indicated next to each candidate if they responded or not.
COUNTY COUNCIL
AT LARGE
Pamela Ciliberti (R) Did not respond
Jack Felton (R) Did not respond
Tiffany Grant (D) Responded
(I) Renee Knapp (D) Did not respond
Sam Newhouse (D)
(I) Brad Young (D) Did not respond
DISTRICT 1
Jenn Alcorn (D) Responded
Louisa Conklin (D) Responded
Eric Smothers (D) Did not respond
Frank Hollewa (R) Did not respond
DISTRICT 2
Shelly Beaird-Francois (D)
Kai Burhans (R) Responded
Dan Iampieri (R) Responded
Jamie Shopland (D) Responded
DISTRICT 3
Christian Benford (D) Responded
Natasha Valencia (D) Responded
Tammie Baugher (R) Responded
DISTRICT 4
(I) Kavonté Duckett (D) Did not respond
Chaz Packan (R) Responded
DISTRICT 5
(I) Mason Carter (R) Did not respond
Johnny Mercer (D) Responded
COUNTY EXECUTIVE
(I) Jessica Fitzwater (D) Did not respond
William Holtzinger (R) Responded
Diane Fouche (R) Responded
STATE HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES
DISTRICT 3 (three reps) Did not respond
(I) Kris Fair (D) Did not respond
(I) Ken Kerr (D) Did not respond
(I) Karen Simpson (D) Did not respond
Angela McIntosh (R) Did not respond
Ashley Nieves (R) Did not respond
DISTRICT 4 (three reps)
Jerry Donald (D) Responded
Jason Keckler (R) Responded
Andrew Duck (D) Responded
Paul Gilligan (D) Responded
Alleria Stanley (D) Responded
(I) April Fleming Miller (R)
(I) Jesse Pippy (R) Responded
DISTRICT 2A (two reps)
John Leonard (D) Responded
Dianna Palmer (R) Did not respond
Brandon Thompson (D) Responded
(I) William Valentine (R) Did not respond
(I) William Wivell (R) Did not respond
DISTRICT 5 (three reps) MPRP area
(I) April Rose (R) Did not respond
Dayana Bergman (D) Did not respond
Alison Rudolph (D) Did not respond
Courtney Alexa Welch (D) Did not respond
Sallie Taylor (R) Responded
(I) Chris Tomlinson (R) Responded
Steve Whistler (R) Responded
STATE SENATE REPRESENTATIVES
DISTRICT 2
(I) Paul Corderman (R) Did not respond
Eric Martin Van Buren (D) Did not respond
DISTRICT 3
(I) Karen Lewis Young (D) Responded
Shelley Aloi (R) Responded
DISTRICT 4
(I) William Folden (R) Did not respond
Lara Westdorp (D) Responded
Numbers Breakdown
Here is a breakdown of how the candidates answered the multiple-choice questions. Individual responses with comments are further below.
Development near Sugarloaf (west of I-270 and north to the Monocacy River) should remain protected and free from commercial and industrial development. Check one
A Green Infrastructure Plan should be completed and adopted before approving major new industrial rezonings. Check one.
If elected, do you pledge to never sign an NDA with a data center developer or other developer, nor to be bound by an NDA signed by another county official with a data center developer or any other developer? Check one.
County legislation should be developed to prohibit County Council members, the County Executive, and county staff from signing any NDA that restricts their ability to inform the public, deliberate openly, or carry out their public duties. Check one.
Frederick County should fund a thorough, independent cost-benefit analysis of data center impacts, specifically on Frederick County, regardless of any analysis that may be conducted by the State of Maryland on State level impacts. Check one.
How many data centers should be built in Frederick County? Check the answer closest to your position.
What new county data center legislation would you endorse? Check all you support.
Individual Responses
Here are links to the candidates' individual responses.