Politics & Government

GOP Candidate Mitt Romney to Visit Arbutus

The Republican presidential contender is expected to visit on Wednesday.


Officials from  in Arbutus confirmed that Mitt Romney will be holding his town hall at their venue Wednesday afternoon.

Arbutus has been buzzing ever since it was first reported that Romney was going to hold a town hall on Wednesday to talk about "families feeling the Obama squeeze."

Except for the occasional , the 21227 zip code hasn't received this kind of attention since George W. Bush visited the Lansdowne Home Depot in 2003.

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Romney's visit was detailed in a March 17 email from Chris Cavey, a member of the Maryland for Romney steering committee.

County police sources confirm that Romney is scheduled to be in Arbutus on Wednesday afternoon. He will be there from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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Editor's Note: According to Chris Cavey, more than 400 people attended a rally at the for presidential candidate John McCain in 2008.


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