Tom Hucker
Councilmember
Tom In the News
- December 6 – WAMU
- Roundup In Montgomery Parks: Lawmaker Questions Safety Of Popular Weed Killer
- Excerpt: “We’re talking about whether you’d rather have weeds or you’d rather have cancer,” says Hucker.
- December 4 – The Washington Post
- Nancy Navarro elected president of Montgomery County Council
- Excerpt: “She’s never satisfied with voices that say, 'That’s how things are here,'" Hucker said in nominating her.
- November 30 – The Washington Post
- Montgomery still waiting for inspectors to create list of ‘problem’ apartments
- Excerpt: “They find mice, rats, roaches, mold and mildew, and they continue to make excuses,” Hucker said.
- November 6 – The Washington Post
- ‘Totally unacceptable’: Polling problems in Maryland leave voters waiting for hours
- Excerpt: “It’s an attempt at voter suppression,” Hucker said.
- October 23 – WTOP
- Montgomery County Council delays vote on neighborhood cell towers
- Excerpt: Hucker introduces amendment that would require hearings for cell towers and antennas in residential neighborhoods.
- October 17 – The Washington Post
- Purple Line’s overnight tunneling leaves some residents desperate for sleep
- Excerpt: “... if it means a minor delay to give my constituents some relief in the middle of the night, I’m fine with that."
- October 12 – Bethesda Beat
- MDSHA Posting Flaggers at Silver Spring Temporary Crossing Where Child Nearly Hit by Car
- Excerpt: “Pedestrian safety hasn’t been their priority at all, no matter how many times I’ve brought it up to them over the years."
- October 9 – WJLA-TV
- Child's close call in crosswalk highlights dangerous intersection in Montgomery County
- Excerpt: “It’s terrifying to watch, very unsettling and the fact is that I’ve seen it over and over,” Hucker says
- October 8 – The Washington Post
- Montgomery council weighs whether to guarantee raises for trash crews
- Excerpt: "This is going to be a big relief to people" who didn’t have their trash picked up three years ago, Hucker says
- September 28 – WDVM
- Economic team releases fiscal report
- Excerpt: Many of the 900 new jobs are in high-wage industries, Hucker says
- September 12 – Bethesda Beat
- Could the Parks System Use Its Land as Leverage in I-270, Beltway Project?
- Excerpt: "I can’t figure out where four, at-grade lanes go in the current right-of-way," Hucker says
- September 6 – WDVM
- Silver Spring-Takoma Park Restaurant Week features discounts
- Excerpt: Wide diversity of cuisine lets people "try all kinds of new samplings."
- August 22 – WTOP
- Cheap eats: Silver Spring-Takoma Park Restaurant Week starts Sept. 4
- Excerpt: Fourth annual promotion features dozens of restaurants and wide diversity of cuisine.
- June 1 – The Sentinel
- Stormwater Runoff Causes New Council Rift
- Excerpt: Not right time to adopt "drastic policy change," Hucker says.
- May 14 – Bethesda Beat
- County Council Votes Against Leggett’s Plan to Change Stormwater Project Contracting
- Excerpt: Council opts to maintain current method, move forward with most beneficial projects.
- May 3 – The Washington Post
- Montgomery Teachers Union Endorses 4 Incumbents for Council
- Excerpt: Hucker picks up endorsement in District 5.
- March 24 – The Sentinel
- Council Decides to Delay Montrose Parkway East
- Excerpt: "This isn’t sausage-making. This is organic veggie burger-making," Hucker says.
- March 22 – Montgomery Community Media
- Hucker Picks Up Endorsement From Workers Union
- Excerpt: Montgomery County Councilmember Tom Hucker has been endorsed by 32BJ SEIU during his reelection campaign in District 5.
- February 22 – Bethesda Beat
- Superintendent Weighs in on Wednesday’s Student Protests in D.C., Threats Against Schools
- Excerpt: MCPS can't protect students if they leave campus, Smith writes.
- February 18 – Montgomery Community Media
- Council Takes Up New Rules for Solar Panels
- Excerpt: "We need to drastically reduce our carbon emissions,” Hucker says.
- June 30 – The Sentinel
- Metro GM Addresses Council Concerns
- Excerpt: Metrorail system is in the process of fixing a number of safety issues including leakage and defective rail ties.
- June 29 – Montgomery County Council
- County Lawmakers praise new 'Enterprise Zone" for Burtonsville/Briggs Chaney
- Excerpt: Councilmember Hucker joined with the District 14 State Delegation this year to call on the Department of Commerce to create Enterprise Zone. The Enterprise Zone program provides real property and state income tax credits to businesses that create jobs and make capital investments. This program will support small businesses in Burtonsville and Briggs Chaney.
- June 27 – Bethesda Magazine
- County Council Dives Into Battle Over Legal Definition for a "Country Inn"
- Excerpt: A coalition of community groups is lauding a County Council proposal that could derail plans to build a banquet hall with guest rooms near the historic Old Angler’s Inn in Potomac." Tom Hucker and Marc Elrich propose new zoning restrictions to help keep the unwanted establishment out of the community.
- June 22 – WJLA
- May 5 – WTOP
- Montgomery Co. commute fix could put county on hook for WMATA
- Excerpt: "An effort to bring some limited short-term relief to commuters in the congested Route 29 corridor could leave Montgomery County on the hook for millions of dollars to Metro, the county’s transportation department warned a council committee Thursday."
- May 2 – The Washington Post
- New Montgomery law aims to crack down on vacant, poorly maintained homes
- Excrept: Tom Hucker sponsors a bill that will impose a large fee on owners with vacant, unmaintained properties. This bill is aimed to enusre that neighborhoods can stay clean and well maintained.
- April 24 – WTOP
- Montgomery Co. bill may help foreclosed homes get on the market
- Excerpt: "A coalition of community groups is lauding a County Council proposal that could derail plans to build a banquet hall with guest rooms near the historic Old Angler’s Inn in Potomac." Tom Hucker and Marc Elrich propose new zoning restrictions to help keep the unwanted establishment out of the community.
- March 8 – DCW50
- Montgoimery County council passes urban farm tax credit bill
- Excerpt: The Urban Agricultural Tax Credit bill passed 8-0 and will give properties that qualify up to an 80% exemption on property tax. Councilmember Tom Hucker was the bill’s main sponsor and said he hopes it encourages more people to start an urban farm.
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March 7 – WJLA
- Urban farm bill passes in Montgomery County
- Excerpt: “The more we can grow healthy food close by, and reduce the food miles, the greenhouse gas footprint of bringing food from all over and the more we can create an opportunity for local students in an urban environment like Silver Spring to come right here and see where their food comes from,” said Councilman Hucker.
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February 14 – WTOP
- Where Montgomery Co. needs to improve after apartment explosion
- Excerpt: The Montgomery County Council received an after-action report Tuesday afternoon on the county’s response and recovery efforts and the lessons learned. The review found room for improvement mostly in the area of communications.
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February 13 – WHAG
- Stand-off spills into streets of Silver Spring over unionizing
- Excerpt: “They're trying to organize a union. They've never had one,” said Tom Hucker, Montgomery County Council member. “We support their efforts to do that. If nurses vote to have a union, they should have one, and management shouldn't fight that." Nurses told WHAG they've been pulled from patients' rooms by management to discuss the ills of unionizing.”
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November 1 – WTOP
- Montgomery Co. passes parental leave bill
- Excerpt: "Bill 32-16 was passed unanimously by the county council and will give parents time off to care for newborns, and the arrival of adopted and foster children."
- September 20 – Washington Post
- Montgomery proposal aims to crack down on ‘zombie foreclosures’
- Excrept: Council Member Hucker introduces a bill that will impose fees on property owners of vacant, unkept properties.
- August 4 – Bethesda Magazine
- Hucker Looks To Expand Sick Leave Law to Parental Uses
- Excrept: "County Council member’s bill would allow employees to use sick leave to care for a newborn."
- May 26 – Bethesda Magazine
- Montgomery Council Member Calls on DLC to Reverse Price Increase
- Excerpt: "Montgomery County Council member Tom Hucker is pushing back against a Department of Liquor Control (DLC) proposal to increase the department’s price markup by 10 percent on certain special-order fine wines."
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March 1 – Bethesda Magazine
- County Council Member Proposes Law to Ban Most Teens from Using Tanning Beds
- Excerpt: Tom Hucker introduced a bill that would ban minors from using tanning beds and require salons in Montgomery County with tanning beds to post warning signs about the risk of skin cancer associated with the devices.
- November 13 – Bethesda Magazine
- Hucker Urges School Systen Against Buying Artificial Turf Fields Until Other Maintenance Needs are Met
- Excerpt: "Hucker told BOE members that money shouldn’t be spent on artificial turf fields until Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) addresses a backlog of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) upgrades at schools around the county."
- September 2 – Bethesda Magazine
- Silver Spring residents Reject Idea of Moving Confederate Statue to Local Park
- Excerpt: Tom Hucker echoes Silver Spring residents' rejection of a confederate statue on the grounds that it is insulting on historical level and contradicts Silver Spring's values and character.
- February 24 – Bethesda Magazine
- Hucker Pursues Resolution to Oppose Oil and Gas Development off of East Coast
- Excerpt: "President Barack Obama outlined a proposal in January 2015 to allow offshore oil and gas drilling in the Atlantic Ocean off the coastline stretching from Virginia to Georgia ... the proposal to start drilling could damage the Atlantic coastline and make the Chesapeake Bay susceptible to oil spills."
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