Prince George’s County Council Chairman Mel Franklin was unanimously elected by his colleagues on Tuesday to continue leading the legislative body during the 2015 session.
Franklin (D-Upper Marlboro), 39, a former Federal Trade Commission attorney turned community activist, is widely expected to run for county executive in 2018.
He is the third council member in recent history to win two consecutive terms as chairman. Former chair Peter Shapiro, who now heads the county’s Revenue Authority, was the first to do so in 2002 and 2003. Read More…