Carroll group of about 40 is formed to campaign against proposed charter

About 40 Carroll County residents have formed Citizens Against Big Charter Government to campaign against the proposed charter change in local government.

Voters will decide May 2 if the three-commissioner form of government will remain in Carroll. Two initiatives on the ballot will ask voters whether to expand the commissioner board to five or change to an executive and county council.

The anti-charter group has been meeting for about a month, said Carmen Amedori, who served nearly nine months as chairwoman of the charter-writing board. She resigned in protest a few weeks before the document was completed, saying members had political agendas of their own and their decisions were self-serving.

Pub Date: 3/22/98