Political Notes: a Sugarloaf meeting and a Rickroll

Frederick County Executive Jan Gardner and representatives from Stronghold, the nonprofit organization that owns Sugarloaf Mountain, met last week about a plan to preserve the mountain and its surrounding area. The meeting ended with no consensus between the two parties, Gardner wrote in an email on Thursday. The meeting came roughly one week after members of the Stronghold Board of Trustees said during a County Council meeting on Aug. 23 that they would close the mountain to the public if the council approves a version of the plan that Stronghold opposes.