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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>HB1242, the bill that will provide regular stable funding for LBPH is still in House Ways and Means Committee. The committee must act soon to make the deadline for House bills to go over to the Senate. We must contact the committee by email and urge them to move the bill out of committee and vote in favor of it. The attached fact sheet will remind you of the problems at the library.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please send emails to the members of the committee according to where you live, ie Baltimore City, Montgomery County, etc. The email address is always the first name, then a period, then the last name, then @house.state.md.us . I am providing the committee list at the end of this email. In addition to the delegates from your location, everyone should also send an email to the Chairman of the Education Subcommittee, Delegate Anne Kaiser and to the Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, Delegate Sheila Hixson. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please get your emails in by the morning of Tuesday, March 18<sup>th</sup>. Please let me know what response you receive. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Here is the list by locations:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Allegany County – LeRoy Myers<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Anne Arundel County – Ron George <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Baltimore City – Talmadge Branch, Melvin Stukes, Nina Harper<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Baltimore County – Joseph Boteler, Jon Cardin<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Calvert County – Mark Fisher<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Fredrick County – Kathryn Afzali <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Howard County – Frank Turner<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Montgomery County – Kumar Barve, Eric Luedtke, Aruna Miller, Bill Frick<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>PG County – Jolene Ivey, Carolyn Howard, Michael Summers, Jay Walker, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Alonzo Washington <span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Washington County – Andrew Serafini <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Make sure the delegates know that we want them to vote in favor of this bill. Get your family and friends to send emails too. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for your help, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sharon Maneki<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>