Nine is not enough.
That was the message the Baltimore County Council received at a Tuesday public hearing on a proposal to expand the body from seven to nine members.
County voters in November may get to choose whether to have nine members, or 11… or they might not get a vote at all.
The current Council is all-male. Six out of seven are white although people of color make up nearly 50% of the county’s population. Supporters of expanding the council say adding more seats could help make it more diverse.
Read more (and listen) at WYPR.
