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Councilmembers - George Leventhal - News

• George L. Leventhal , Democrat - At-Large (View Detailed Map)
• Chair: Health & Human Services Committee
• Member: Transportation, Infrastructure, Energy & Environment Committee
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• Childhood Obesity - Audio (mp3)
• 2005 Accomplishments (pdf)
• 2004 Accomplishments (pdf)
• 2003 Accomplishments (pdf)

• August 17, 2009
  County Leaders Tout New Farm Preservation Programs,  Gazette, August 19, 2009
  
  
• July 9, 2009
  Montgomery County Councilmember George Leventhal Travels to China to
  Meet With Educational Leaders
  
  
• March 12, 2009
  Montgomery County Councilmember Leventhal Expresses Disappointment at Public Safety Committee’s Failure to Cut Spending
  
  
• January 6, 2009
  Montgomery Councilmember Leventhal Discusses Purple Line on ‘Raw Fisher’
  
  
• November 18, 2008
  Montgomery Councilmember Leventhal’s Remarks Regarding Need for Purple Line At-Large Councilmember to Deliver Testimony Today In Chevy Chase Before Maryland Transit Administration
  
  
• July 16, 2008
  County Passes "Nanny Bill", an Article in The Sentinel
  
  
• June 10, 2008
  Montgomery Councilmember Leventhal’s Remarks Regarding House at Hillmead Park
  
  
• May 30, 2008
  Trips on Purple Line Rail Projected at 68,000 Daily - an Article in the Washington Post
  
  
• May 29, 2008
  Purple Line Supporters Say Gas Prices Heighten Need for Service - from nbc4.com
  
  
• May 20, 2008
  First Public Recycling Container to be Introduced to Downtown Bethesda
  
  
• March 3, 2008
  Montgomery County Asks State for Help in Improving Worker Health and Safety
  
  
• January 28, 2008
  Montgomery Council to Consider Bill Ensuring Rights for Domestic Workers
  
  
• December 19, 2007
  Councilmembers Knapp, Leventhal Unveil New County Approach to Reduce Homelessness
  
  
• December 17, 2007
  Knapp, Leventhal to Unveil Plan to Reduce Homelessness on Dec. 18
  
  
  
• December 10, 2007
  Montgomery Council Members Enthused By Revised Purple Line Ridership Report
  
  
• October 10, 2007
  ‘Purple Line Now’ to Rally for Expanding Metro from Bethesda to New Carrollton
  
  
• October 2, 2007
  Purple Line Now’ to Rally for Expanding Metro from Bethesda to New Carrollton
  
  
• September 24, 2007
  County Council Committee to Discuss ‘Nutritional Labeling’ for Restaurant Menus
  
  
• September 17, 2007
  County Council to Hold Public Hearing on ‘Nutritional Labeling’ for Restaurant Menus
  
  
• August 2, 2007
  Montgomery Councilmember Leventhal, D.C. Councilmember Mendelson Support Nutritional Labels for Restaurant Menus
  
  
• July 31, 2007
  Montgomery Councilmember Leventhal, D.C. Councilmember
  Mendelson Support Nutritional Labels for Restaurant Menus
  
  
• July 31, 2007
  Montgomery County Council Rescinds Expanded Parking Hours Proposal
  
  
• June 25, 2007
  Councilmember Leventhal to Propose Ending MPDU Buy-outs in Montgomery
  
  
• March 20, 2007
  Montgomery County Considers New  Approach for Funding Arts and Humanities
  
  
• December 4, 2006
  Remarks by Council President George Leventhal At the Inauguration of the County Executive and County Council
  
  
• November 15, 2006
  Consumers Can Sign Up Now for Clean Energy Rewards Program; Residents Encouraged to 'Make the Switch' as County Doubles Wind Energy Purchase to 10 Percent
  
  
• October 31, 2006
  Taking Aim at Portable Classrooms - an article published in the Washington Post
  
   
• October 30, 2006
  Weast Plan Would Reduce Portable Classroom Use
  
  
• September 12, 2006
  Statement by Council President George Leventhal on Election-Day Misfunction in Montgomery County
  
  
• July 27, 2006
  Council Seeks Input on Budget Priorities
  
  
• July 25, 2006
  Council Chooses Royce Hanson to Head County Planning Board
  
  
• July 24, 2006
  Montgomery County Recognized by EPA as One of Nation's Top Green Power Purchasers
  
  
• July 21, 2006
  County Urges Residents to Check out Expanded Property Tax Credit Program
  
  
• July 21, 2006
  El Condado Recomienda Verificar el Programa Ampliado Sobre Créditos Impositivos Para Propiedades
  
  
• July 11, 2006
  Council Doubles County Buy of Renewable Energy to 20 Percent by 2011 Council Gives "Green" Light to "Clean Energy Rewards" Program for Users of Non-Polluting Energy
  
  
• June 27, 2006
  Council Supports Healthy Maryland Initiative to Expand Access to Health Care for Uninsured
  
  
• June 23, 2006
  Council to Vote on New Planning Board Chair July 25
  
  
• June 22, 2006
  Statement by Council President George Leventhal on County Executive Duncan's Announcement

Council President George Leventhal is honored for his leadership in promoting alternatives
to fossil fuels by Clean Energy Partnership Executive Director Gary Skulnik, June 16, 2006

• May 24, 2006
  Region Wide Coalition Launches Intensified Citizen Push for Purple Line with Eye on 2006 Elections
  
  

• May 18, 2006
  Council Announces $3.9 Billion Budget That Puts Schools, Transportation, Property Tax Relief First
  
  

• May 18, 2006
  Remarks by Council President George Leventhal at the Announcement of the FY07 Budget Rockville Maryland   May 18,1006
  
  

• May 16, 2006
  Duncan Announces Clean Water Task Force; Council Approves More Money for Stormwater Management Efforts, Environmental Quality Compliance Position
  
  

• May 11, 2006
  Council Rejects Kendale Site, Majority Set to Approve Alternative
  
  

• May 6, 2006
  Council Extends Dealine for Applicants for Position of the Montgomery County Planning Board Chair
  
  

• May 4, 2006
  Council Approves Ad Hoc Committee to Examine Outstanding Agricultural Reserver Issues
  
  

• May 2, 2006
  Statement by Council President George Leventhal on Decision by Derick Berlage Not to Seek Another Term as Planning Board Chair
  
  

• May 2, 2006
  Council President Leventhal: Think Globally, Act Locally .... To Stop Global Warming
  
  Councilmembers Propose Boost in After-School Programs
  
  

• April 25, 2006
  Statement by Council President George Leventhal on the Gaithersburg Petition to Annex Crown Farm
  
  

• April 21, 2006
  Statement by Councilmember George Leventhal on Green Buildings Proposal
  
  

• April 21, 2006
  Duncan, Leventhal Announce Wind Energy, Green Buildings Initiatives; Plan Would Quadruple Wind Energy Purchases and require Green Building Certification
  
  

• April 20, 2006
  Statement by Council President George Leventhal on the Draft Report of the Seven Locks Replacement School Task Force
  
  

• March 28, 2006
  Councilmembers Unveil $1 Million Homeless Initiative
  
  

• March 28, 2006
  Duncan Announces Energy Contracts Saving Nearly $25 Million; Urges Maryland Lawmakers to Allow Residential Customers to Realize Savings; County Will Double 'Green Energy' Purchase
  
  

• March 24, 2006
  Letter to the Editor by Council President George Leventhal Published in the Gazette
  
  

• March 15, 2006
  Statement by Council President George Leventhal on County Executive's Proposed Operating Budget
  
  

• March 10, 2006
  Statement by Council President George Leventhal, Council Education Committee Chair Michael Subin, School Board President Charles Haughey, & Schools Superintendent Jerry Weast on Seven Locks Replacement School
  
  

• February 28, 2006
  Remarks by Council President George Leventhal on Status of Council Response to Problems in the Clarksburg Town Center
  
  

• February 23, 2006
  Council President George Leventhal Joins the Governor and Others at a Ceremony Designating the Long Branch Community a "Priority Place"
  
  

   
  Left to Right:  Henry Williams, Long Branch Business League Board of Directors
  Juan Chedrauy, Long Branch Business League Board of Directors,
  Gustavo Torres, Executive Director, CASA de Maryland
  Governor Robert Ehrlich
  George Leventhal, President, County Council
  Audrey E. Scott, Secretary, Maryland Office of Planning
  Maria Elva Maldonado, former co-chair, Long Branch Task Force
  Joe Rodriquez, Long Branch Task Force Commercial & Economic Development
  Work Group Chair
  

  
  
  

• February 6, 2006
  Remarks by Council President and Health & Human Services Committee Chair George Leventhal on Grafton School Closing
  
  

• January 24, 2006
  Leventhal lntroduces Bill to Establish County "Days of Commemoration"
  
  

• January 17, 2006
  Council Approves Bold Redevelopment Plan for Shady Grove Area
  
  

• January 12, 2006
  Statement by Council President George Leventhal on Proposed County Captial Budget
  
  

• January 11, 2006
  Statements of County Exectuvie Douglas M. Duncan and County Council President George Leventhal Regarding Recent Hate Crimes in Montgomery County
  
  

• January 5, 2006
  County Council Hails Approval Of Environmental Impact Statement On ICC
  
  

• December 15, 2005
  Remarks by Council President George Leventhal at Committee for Montgomery Breakfast - December 12, 2005
  
  

• December 6, 2005
  Remarks by George Leventhal on Assuming the Council Presidency
  
  

• December 6, 2005
  George Leventhal Elected New Council President
  
  

• October 6, 2005
  Remarks by Councilmember George L. Leventhal at MontgomeryCollege Workshop on Meeting the Demand for Health Care Professionals
  
  
• September 21, 2005
  Article from the Gazette: Council Mulls Options for Verizon Complaints
  
  
• September 13, 2005
  Duncan and Leventhal Announces One-Stop Service Center for Hurricane Katrina Evacuees
  

Councilmember George Leventhal receives first prize in the Montgomery County NAACP's Men Can Cook, Too contest on June 26, 2005.  Left to right:  Tina Clarke, Montgomery County NAACP President Henry Hailstock, Councilmember George Leventhal and Daniel Leventhal.  (Photo by Larry Shelton)

• July 25, 2005
  Leventhal, Food Experts Take Aim at Food Marketing Practices Aimed at Kids
  
  
• July 21, 2005
  Letter to the National Retirement Planning Coalition and the National Association for Variable Annuities Regarding Outstanding Bill for Rental of Blair High School Auditorium
  
  
• June 30, 2005
  Article from The Washington Post: Church Proposals Trouble Montgomery
  
  
• June 22, 2005
  Article from the Gazette: Council: No Progress on Homelessness Goal 
  
  
• June 21, 2005
  Council and Duncan Blasts Governor's Cuts to Women and Children
  
  
• June 13, 2005
  Statement of George Leventhal Vice President, Montgomery County Council At a Public Hearing Before the Maryland Department of Environment Regarding Mirant’s Application for a Title V Permit for its Dickerson Plant
  
  
• May 4, 2005
  A Letter to the Editor on the County's FY06 Budget by Council President Tom Perez, Vice President George Leventhal and Councilmember Steve Silverman, Published in the Gazette on May 4, 2005
  
  
• May 2, 2005
  Executive, Council Propose $8.4 Million in Targeted Tax Cuts Seniors, Others on Limited or Fixed Income Get Help
  
  
• April 12, 2005
  Council Approves Program to Boost County Small Business Access to County Government Contracts
  
  
• March 8, 2005
  Council Approves Rewards Program for County Users of Non-polluting, Renewable Energy
  
  
• March 1, 2005
  Council Approves Change to Grants Process
  
  
• February 24, 2005
  Testimony of George L. Leventhal on House Bill 648 to Modify the Number of Signatures Required to Place a Charter Amendment on the County Ballot
  
  
• January 31, 2005
  Leventhal, Clean Energy Advocates to Rally In Support of County “Clean Energy Awards” Program
  
  
• January 24, 2005
  Community Resources on Children's Fitness and Nutrition
  
  
• January 21, 2005
  2004 Accomplishments
  

• January 16, 2005
  Air Alert:  Maryland Must Force Power Plants to Pollute Less - A Close to Home Article published in The Washington Post
  

• January 16, 2005
  An Action Strategy for Affordable Housing - Remarks at Tifereth Israel Congregation
  
  
• STRONG>December 14, 2004
  Leventhal Proposes “Clean Energy Rewards” Program for County Users of Non-Polluting, Renewable Energy
  

• December 1, 2004
  County Officials Announce Major Expansion of Health Care for the Uninsured
  
  
• November 30, 2004
  Council Approves Changes to Boost Affordable Housing Program
  
  
• November 9, 2004
  County Approves Restrictions on Big Box Stores in Montgomery County
  
  
  
• September 28, 2004
  Leventhal to Host Six Community Meetings on Fitness & Nutrition for Kids
  
  
• September 21, 2004
  Council Approves Option for County Employees & Retirees to Buy Prescription Drugs from Canada
  
  
• September 2004

Councilmembers George Leventhal and Tom Perez meet with the AFL-CIO to celebrate the reinstatement of  Stephen White, fired from Comcast for trying to organize a union.

• September 14, 2004
  Community Meeting - Growing Healthy Kids: Taking Action - Making Changes
  

• August 24, 2004

Coalition of Clinics Gives Hope to Uninsured; Montgomery Ponders Investment Needed  to Expand Venture, Reach More Adults - An Article from The Washington Post

• July 13, 2004
  Councilmembers Propose Establishing a Local Small Business "Reserve"
  
  
• July 8, 2004
  Council Committee Reviews Progress at County Libraries
  
  
• May 13, 2004
  Montgomery and P.G. Counties Announce Historic Purchase of Wind Power
  

• May 13, 2004
  Montgomery County Signs Agreement to Purchase Wind Energy; Largest Local Government Purchase in Country
  

• May 11, 2004
  Resolution on Comments by the Governor of Maryland Regarding Multiculturalism
  
  
• May 10, 2004
  Leventhal Proposes County "Community Pharmacy"
  

• April 19, 2004
  Report Urges Green Light on County Purchase of Prescription Drugs from Canada
  

• March 15, 2004
  Councilmembers Leventhal, Perez Join Comcast Workers Fired for Union Organizing
  

• February 10, 2004
  Statement of Councilmember George Leventhal Regarding the Music Center at Strathmore
  
  
• February 10, 2004
  Council Approves Additional Funding for Strathmore Hall
  
  
  
• February 5, 2004
  Councilmembers Release Comprehensive List of Senior Housing & Other Vulnerable Sites to Pepco to Respond to Future Power Outages
  
• February 2, 2004
  Letter to CBS Concerning Inappropriate and Horrifying Images Shown During the Super Bowl
  

• January 20, 2004
  2003 Accomplishments
  
  
• December 9, 2003
  Councilmember Leventhal's Letter to the Board of Education on the Relationship Between Obesity and School Vending Machines
  
  
• October 28, 2003
  Councilmember Leventhal's Comments on Approved Annual Growth Policy
  
  
• October 28, 2003
  Councilmember Leventhal to Hold Community Forum on Childhood Obesity in County
  
  
• October 1, 2003
  Article from The Washington Post: "Stalled Transit in Maryland"
  
  
• September 30, 2003
  County Council Urges Changes to USA Patriot Act
  
  
• July 17, 2003
  Councilmembers Leventhal & Perez, Duncan Highlight Available Health Care For Spanish Catholic Center Clients Affected by Gaithersburg Clinic Closure
  
  
• July 15, 2003
  Council to State: No to Busway on Jones Bridge Road
  
  
• July 1, 2003
  Council Approves Smoking Ban For County Restaurants & Bars
  
  
• June 23, 2003
  Statement by Councilmember George Leventhal at the Threshold Services Annual Membership Meeting and Dinner

• June 11, 2003
  Gazette Article by Councilmember George Leventhal on Expanding Community Clinics

• May 2, 2003

                         Councilmembers Nancy Floreen and George Leventhal prepare to start their
                          bike trek to Rockville on Ride to Work Day.
 

• May 1, 2003
  Remarks to the New Democratic Policy Network "The Crisis of Affordable and Accessible Health Care" Montgomery County Councilmember George L. Leventhal
  
  
• March 25, 2003
  Council Approves Dedicated Funding For Affordable Housing Programs
  
  
  
• March 13, 2003
  Statement by Councilmember George Leventhal on Governor Ehrlich's Announcement Favoring the Inner Purple Line & Corridor Cities Transitway
  
  
• March 12, 2003
  Testimony Before The House Economic Matters Committee Regarding H.B. 370, Clean Energy Portfolio Standard
  
  
• February 11, 2003
  Council To State: Just Say "No" To Care First Sale
  
  
• February 4, 2003
  Support for Inner Purple Line between Bethesda and New Carrollton and Corridor Cities Transitway
  

• February 4, 2003
  Statement by Councilmembers Thomas Perez, George Leventhal and Michael Knapp

• January 28, 2003
  Perez, Praisner and Leventhal Applaud Formation of New Purple Line Coalition

• January 21, 2003
  Statement of Councilmember George Leventhal On The Introduction of a Resolution Regarding County Energy Policy