Kirill Reznik

Gov. Martin O’Malley signed an Executive Order on Tuesday establishing the new Maryland Drug and Alcohol Council. Although the council was originally established via Executive Order in 2004, the new council will include the Department of Transportation and the Department of Housing and Community Development as voting members, among other changes.

O’Malley was joined by Secretary of the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene John M. Colmers and Baltimore County’s acting Health Officer Dr. Greg Branch.

BOYDS – State Del. Craig Rice (D-Germantown) hosted his 1st annual Family Fun Day on Saturday. The fundraiser, which was held at the South Germantown Recreational Park featured bounce houses, music and food. Admission was priced at $50 per family of four, $25 per individual and $500 for sponsors.

Among those attending the event were Comptroller Peter Franchot (D-Takoma Park), state Sen. Rob Garagiola (D- Montgomery County), state Del. Kirill Reznik (D-Montgomery County), state Del. Charles Barkley (D-Germantown), and Char Rosnick who attended on behalf of U.S. Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Kensington).

In an interview with PolitickerMD.com, Rice said the campaign “already had about $3,000 initially pledged to us.”

The first term delegate said he was “hoping to raise somewhere between $5,000 and $10,000” at the Family Fun Day fundraiser.

“You know people understand that grassroots politics also takes money, you know, we don’t have the big dollar donations like some of the other campaigns do and I try and do most of my stuff via smaller donations,” he said. “Reaching out to the community and getting in touch with more people is the way to kind of combat that.”