This campaign is about bringing trust, integrity, a fresh perspective and commitment to the citizens of Prince George’s County.
However, I am not just a fresh and new face. I have been a fierce community activist and advocate fighting for and with the citizens of Prince Georgians for decades.
My platform will focus on six (6) areas: (1) consumer protection and retirement protection for our seniors; (2) state highway and roadway safety, improvements and beautification; (3) advocacy for local and small businesses for County contracts; (4) full state funding for our public schools and educators; (5) state funding for public safety initiatives; and (6) better healthcare services, including mental health care services, for all and especially our veterans, seniors and caregivers.
As a former member of the Maryland Consumer Council, a citizen advisory group to the Maryland Attorney General, I will continue my strong advocacy for our seniors to prevent them from being victims of consumer fraud. I will also fight to help seniors keep more of their hard-earned retirement income that is currently taxed to high in Maryland. I also want to ensure that homeowners maintain their homes by preserving TRIM.
As a member of the MD 210 Traffic Safety Steering Committee, I have worked and will continue to work to bring traffic safety improvements on all of the County’s roads and highways, including bringing more funding for pedestrian and wheelchair crossing, and for curbing driver speeding and distractions that cause too many fatal crashes. I will also focus on keeping our roadways and highways clean and well maintained.
As a small business owner in Prince George’s, I understand the needs of small business to get capital funding and procurement contracts with the County. I will be a champion for small businesses to ensure local and small business obtain their fair share of tax dollars and County contracts.
As a mother, who along side my husband of 28 years, we have successfully raised two children in Prince George’s County. They matriculated in Prince George’s County public schools. I was an active PTSA member that fought off Walmart near John Hanson Montessori School and Oxon High School, and we got a Top Golf instead. I will collaborate with the School Board and state legislators to not only fund education for new school construction, but to give teachers the salaries and curriculum autonomy they deserve and need to educate our scholars.
Finally, as a former member of the Division IV, V and VII Police Citizens Advisory Councils, I played an active road in first getting the southern tier patrolling in District IV, and lobbied with neighbors for the opening of the new Division VII police precinct in Ft. Washington as well as the new Brandywine fire station. I will continue to advocate for full staffing of all police and fire stations in the County to keep our neighborhoods safe and to reduce the response times for our calls for service.
Tamara Davis Brown
A Name You Know, A Voice You Trust