By Josh Kurtz
“Peyton Place” has got nothing on Anne Arundel County politics right
now — though we don‘t recall anything as distasteful as parking lot sex
and catheter dumps in the Grace Metalious classic.
Now that disgraced Executive John Leopold (R) has resigned, the
County Council is spared the unpleasant business of having to throw him
out. But that at least was going to make for a pretty clear-cut, if
tortured evening.
How the Council appoints Leopold’s successor could be one for the
ages. If it took council members 108 ballots to replace ex-Councilman
Daryl Jones (D) after he pleaded guilty to tax fraud, imagine how long
it will take them to replace Leopold when they’re scheduled to vote on
Feb. 21. Acting Executive John Hammond can probably settle in for a
while.
There is, needless to say, peril in this process for both political parties.
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