Unified voice of activism resonates for a Greater Towson
By Loni Ingraham - Baltimore Sun
The Greater Towson Council of Community Associations is a part of Towson's "shadow government," according to Mike Ertel, a former president of the organization.
He notes that Towson may be the Baltimore County seat. But it is not an incorporated municipality.
"We don't have a mayor and we're not going to have a mayor," Ertel said. "Groups determine what goes on in Towson."
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Grate expectations
Dick Parsons, a past president and a founding member of the GTCCA, says it was founded in 1975 as the brainchild of former Burkleigh Square resident Randy Richardson.
"He believed the neighborhoods were being played for suckers by developers and their lawyers," he said.
Initially, Richardson pulled together representatives of eight associations. They met in each other's houses.
The first big accomplishment was getting grates put in over storm drains on Towsontown Boulevard to prevent them from catching bicycle wheels.
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