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- ↑ "Charter Government Transition". Frederick County, MD Government. Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
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- ↑ Turque, Bill (January 10, 2015). "Recent fiascoes have left Frederick County residents feeling 'embarrassed'". The Washington Post. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
In 2012, voters approved a new governing charter that took effect with November’s election, replacing the five-member board of commissioners with a seven-member council and an elected county executive. The change gives the county more home-rule powers and is supposed to mean more clout in Annapolis...Those who supported the new charter said a more sophisticated form of government was needed to manage changes overtaking the exurb, located about an hour’s drive north of Washington. Since 1990, the county’s population has grown more than 60 percent, to 241,000.
- ↑ "Inauguration of county executive and council ushers in charter government - Envision Frederick County". 2 December 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
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- ↑ McManus, Kevin (November 5, 2014). "Gardner Elected Frederick County's First Executive". WFMD-AM. Frederick, Maryland: Aloha Station Trust, LLC. Archived from the original on November 8, 2014.