Chestertown Parks

Every issue should have a ‘devil’s advocate’ because every issue usually has more than one side.   My comments do not necessarily reflect a personal opinion.  So for the sake of argument and in hopes of provoking more conversation ….let’s talk about parks in Chestertown.  How many parks/recreation areas does a town of 5000 (give or take) need?  The list:  Wilmer Park, Betty Anne Connolly Park, Rolling Road Park, and now Remembrance Park.  These parks add to the list of play areas at H. H. Garnett Elementary School and the Chestertown Middle School along with the soon to be available ‘rails to trails’ and Radcliffe Creek Park.  The two school play areas are maintained by the County school board;  the remaining parks are maintained by the town of Chestertown.  So the question is:  what is the cost to the Chestertown taxpayer for maintaining all of these parks?

Chestertown Elections 1975 - 1993

1975 Election

2nd Ward:
Paul Sipala - 22
Dr. Peter Tapka - 1

4th Ward:
L. Vernon Downey - 17
Unopposed

1977 Election

Mayor:
Elmer Horsey - 548
L. Vernon Downey - 206

1st Ward:
Peter D. Heller - 160
Henry G. Gruber - 113

3rd Ward
Jane B. Neal - 71
Robert McKee - 42

1979 Election

2nd Ward:
William M. Bailey - 86
Edith A. Sipala - 32

4th Ward:
Vito Tinelli, Jr. - 146
L. Vernon Downey - 121

1981 Election

Mayor:
Elmer Horsey - 226
Unopposed
Mark Mumford - 1 (write-in)

1st Ward:
Peter Heller - 73
Unopposed

3rd Ward:
Mabel Ruth Mumford - 53
Anne F. Briggs - 40

1983 Election

2nd Ward:
Patricia H. Mulligann - 24
Jean Crowding - 12

4th Ward:
Vito Tinelli, Jr. - 25
Unopposed

1985 Election

Mayor:
Elmer Horsey - 268
Unopposed

1st Ward:
Peter Heller - 150
John W. T. Diller, III - 115

1987 Election

2nd Ward:
Patricia Mulligan - 51
Margo G. Bailey - 50

4th Ward:
Vito Tinelli, Jr. - 35
William Pat Biddle - 1 (write-in)

1989 Election

Mayor:
Elmer Horsey - 114
Unopposed
Margo G. Bailey - 8 (write-in)
Lawrence Downey - 1 (write-in)
Mark Mumford - 1 (write-in)

1st Ward:
Peter Heller - 34
Unopposed

3rd Ward:
Mabel R. Mumford - 36
Unopposed

1991 Election

2nd Ward:
Margo G. Bailey - 75
J. Willis Wells - 61

4th Ward:
Vito Tinelli, Jr. - 10
Unopposed
Jake Downey- 1 (write-in)

1993 Election

Mayor:
Margo G. Bailey - 678
Vito Tinelli, Jr. - 542
Richard E. Proctor - 30

1st Ward:
Harrison C. Bristoll, Jr. - 276
Kirk Price Williamson - 179
Mary Jean Hudson - 53

3rd Ward:
Mabel Mumford-Pautz - 125
Thomas A. Gross, Sr. - 124
W. Whaland Clark, III - 40

**Results include absentee ballots

Above information obtained from the office of the Chestertown Mayor and Council.