A busy week aiding displaced residents of a local mobile home park earned praise for several local teachers and county government staff from the Calvert County Commissioners. The comments were made during the board’s Tuesday, Feb. 4 meeting.
During prepared remarks delivered during commissioners’ reports, Commissioner Evan K. Slaughenhoupt Jr. [R] singled out County Administrator Terry L. Shannon, Department of Community Resources Director Maureen Hoffman, Department of Public Safety Director Jacqueline Vaughan and County Attorney John Norris for their leadership during the days following the county’s discovery of wretched living conditions inside several units at the mobile home park at Hallowing Point.
Slaughenhoupt also commended the public school teachers who first alerted county officials about the situation.
“Ultimately, the owner and manager are responsible and held accountable for the unacceptable living conditions that we encountered and fellow citizens were resigned to endure,” Slaughenhoupt stated. “There is plenty of time to address what changes we should implement as the situation is still evolving. Displaced families are still in the process of being relocated.”
Commissioners’ President Pat Nutter [R] saluted “the educational staff in this county that saw something wasn’t right” and also praised county government staff, area churches and the local restaurants which offered meals to the displaced residents. “We felt good about the response we had.”
Slaughenhoupt commended deputies from the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office for “providing that top level protection.”
Specifically signaled out for its contribution in helping address the displacement situation was End Hunger in Calvert.
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