{"id":221168234,"date":"2012-01-04T19:37:14","date_gmt":"2012-01-04T19:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=221168234"},"modified":"2012-01-04T19:37:14","modified_gmt":"2012-01-04T19:37:14","slug":"unified-voice-of-activism-resonates-for-a-greater-towson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=221168234","title":{"rendered":"Unified voice of activism resonates for a Greater Towson"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Loni Ingraham – Baltimore Sun<\/p>\n

The Greater Towson Council of Community Associations is a part of Towson’s "shadow government," according to Mike Ertel, a former president of the organization.<\/p>\n

He notes that Towson may be the Baltimore County seat. But it is not an incorporated municipality.<\/p>\n

"We don’t have a mayor and we’re not going to have a mayor," Ertel said. "Groups determine what goes on in Towson."
\n…
\nGrate expectations<\/p>\n

Dick Parsons, a past president and a founding member of the GTCCA, says it was founded in 1975 as the brainchild of former Burkleigh Square resident Randy Richardson.<\/p>\n

"He believed the neighborhoods were being played for suckers by developers and their lawyers," he said.<\/p>\n

Initially, Richardson pulled together representatives of eight associations. They met in each other’s houses.<\/p>\n

The first big accomplishment was getting grates put in over storm drains on Towsontown Boulevard to prevent them from catching bicycle wheels.
\n…<\/p>\n


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By Loni Ingraham – Baltimore Sun The Greater Towson Council of Community Associations is a part of Towson’s "shadow government," according to Mike Ertel, a former president of the organization. He notes that Towson may be the Baltimore County seat. But it is not an incorporated municipality. "We don’t have a mayor and we’re not … <\/p>\n

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