Nancy Floreen

Mayor of Garrett Park Floreen was elected mayor of the town of Garrett Park in 2000. The building's porches were rebuilt, previous alterations were removed, and the building was brought up to building codes, safety standards, and historical preservation requirements. Her campaign focused on reducing traffic, building the Intercounty Connector, expanding all-day kindergarten, reducing class sizes, and increasing funding for health and human services. Her candidacy was endorsed by Montgomery County Executive Douglas M. Duncan and the editorial board of the Washington Post. She received enough votes in the Democratic Party primary to advance to the general election, and she won a seat on the Council during the general election. supported building Montrose Parkway, and opposed establishing bus rapid transit between Bethesda and Silver Spring,

On development, Floreen supported increases to the recordation and transfer taxes, supported lifting restrictions on the height of buildings in the southern part of the county, supported lifting residential construction bans in the central part of the county, supported strengthening the county's Moderately Priced Dwelling Unit program, supported requiring ten percent of homes built in new developments near Metro stations be set aside for middle-income families, opposed increasing taxes on developers, opposed closing two MARC train stations with low ridership, and opposed reducing the maximum allowable height of a residential house height from 35 feet to 30 feet.

On environmental issues, she supported removing trash cans from most county parks and supported increasing the fine for deliberately violating the county's forest conservation law.

She also supported banning smoking in restaurants and bars, opposed cutting the Montgomery County Public Libraries' budget, opposed a plan to import lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada for county employees and retirees, and supported a law requiring permits for lawn signs displayed for more than 30 days.

Floreen was reelected in 2006, On November 6, Floreen was defeated in the general election for County Executive by Marc Elrich, who won the three-way race with 64.4% of the vote.

Personal life Floreen lives in Potomac, Maryland, with her husband, David O. Stewart.

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