At its November 23 regular meeting, the Greenbelt City Council received a petition from resident Josh Hamlin asking that council adopt a resolution expressing Greenbelt’s willingness to welcome refugees from the current warfare in Syria and urging elected officials at all levels of government to cooperate in actively addressing the current refugee crisis.
At its December 14 meeting, council voted 6-1 to make that statement in the form of a letter addressed to Maryland Governor Lawrence Hogan with copies to the city’s elected officials at the federal, state and county levels, as well as the president of the State Senate and the speaker of the House of Delegates. (See box) In so doing, the council has aligned Greenbelt with a rapidly increasing number of municipalities nationally that have taken exception to the opinions voiced on this subject by their state or federal representatives. (SEE MORE IN THE PAPER, INCLUDING THE LETTER ITSELF>>)
http://greenbeltnewsreview.com/issues/GNR20151224.pdf