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Christopher J. Merdon was born in 1972 on Long Island, New York . In 2006, he was the Republican candidate for County Executive of Howard County, Maryland , but he was defeated in the general election by Democrat Kenneth Ulman.


GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE


  • Has served 8 years on the County Council

  • Has represented Howard County on the Baltimore Metropolitan Council

  • Has inimate knowledge of the legislative process

  • Has served as the Vice-Chairman of the Howard County Liquor Board

  • Has both a BA and Masters in Public Administration and has been practicing those skills

  • A member of the National Association Of Counties

  • Was a legislative aid to State Senator Christopher McCabe



PROFESSIONAL AND EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE


  • Regional Vice President with Affiliated Computer Services, a company with over $5 billion in assets

  • ACS provides outsourcing services for administration; finance and accounting; human resources; payment services; sales, marketing, and customer care; and supply chain management to private business and government agencies

  • Supervises the activities of 100 people

  • Is responsible for $20 million in revenue

  • Previously Vice President with Computer Sciences Corporation.



TRACK RECORD


  • Co-sponsored legislation to limit tax increases

  • Opposed tax policies that have led to 5 tax increases in 6 years.

  • Proposed budgets that would have kept spending at or above existing levels without raising taxes.

  • Successfully sponsored legislation to provide citizens with planning and zoning documents, and other county government documents on the Internet.

  • Maple Lawn Farms - voted against it twice

  • Downtown Columbia, Maryland , rezoning - voted against it

  • 2005 Comp-lite legislation - voted against it

  • Sponsored and passed legislation to create a Zoning Counsel.

  • Worked to reform procedures for the Zoning Board, Board of Appeals, and the Planning Board.

  • Passed legislation to reduce the number of new housing units built in Howard County.

  • Strongly advocated and received start-up funding for several schools in District 1 and throughout the county.

  • Voted consistently to increase teacher salaries, enabling Howard County to attract the best and brightest teachers.