Regional Government: Elkridge Goes Green, Savage Firehouse Update, MoCo Neighborhood Complaints Addressed

Patch takes seriously the journalists’ credo to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. Read all about what your elected leaders are doing, and how it affects you, in the Week in Regional Government.

• Howard County officials say completion of the Savage firehouse is pushed back, but Baltimore Gas and Electric insists it did not delay the project. Read how county spokespersons responded, on Savage-Guilford Patch.

• Clean Energy Coalition Mid-Atlantic was formally unveiled at a ribbon cutting ceremony on Main Street in Elkridge on Earth Day. It wasn’t long until they won the hearts and minds of voters by proposing clean energy
  should garner the same tax incentives oil and coal companies received.
  
  Likewise, Rep. John Sarbanes of , combining politics and environmentalism by setting out on foot to see how his constituents are cleaning up the area. Learn more about four bills Rep. Sarbanes introduced in the U.S. Congress that would help the Chesapeake Bay, on Elkridge Patch.

• Burtonsville locals met with County Executive Isiah Leggett to discuss police response to crime, illegal parking and commuter safety in their neighborhood. The perception of one neighbor, and many in the audience agreed, is that police don’t do anything when they receive complaints. How did Leggett address the issues? Find out on Colesville Patch.