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St. Mary’s County commissioner says someone submitted form letters in their name; public forum set on library and school budgets
Summary
During opening remarks at a St. Mary’s County Commissioners meeting, a commissioner said an online form letter was submitted to the commission in their name and called the act "wholly inappropriate." The commissioner also urged residents to attend a 6:30 p.m. public forum on the library and school budgets.
A St. Mary’s County commissioner said during opening remarks that someone filled out an online form letter and submitted it to the county using the commissioner’s name, calling the action “wholly inappropriate.” The commissioner also urged residents to attend a public forum on the county’s library and school budgets at 6:30 p.m. that evening.
The commissioner said the office has received numerous emails about the library and school budgets but that one submission went further: it used the commissioner’s name on a pre-filled, online form letter. “I found that to be wholly inappropriate,” the commissioner said, adding, “don’t do that. Speak for yourself and allow other people to have their opinions.”
The remarks came during the commissioner’s routine report to the St. Mary’s County Commissioners. The speaker did not identify who submitted the form letters; the number of affected submissions was not specified. The commissioner urged residents to attend the forum so the commission “can hear from the community.”
Earlier in the remarks the commissioner praised the county’s parks and Recreation and Parks staff after showing relatives around St. Mary’s County and visiting the Red Barns farmer’s market and Cornerstone Presbyterian’s Easter egg hunt in Town Creek. Those comments were personal observations and did not include policy proposals or actions.
No formal motion or vote addressing the alleged misuse of the online form was recorded in the remarks. The commissioner said only that the incident was “not appropriate” and encouraged direct communication: “Speak for yourself.” The meeting transcript does not record any identification of the person who submitted the form or any immediate investigative steps by staff.
The county’s meeting agenda and staff follow-ups were not discussed in detail during the remarks; no new direction to staff or formal action was recorded in the transcript segment covering these comments.
