Background Info
The County Council is set to interview finalists today for the 5 empty Montgomery County Planning Board spots after all 5 members resigned.
Here is the full County Council Staff Report which includes everyone’s resume.
Here is some basic information via Montgomery Perspective about each finalist.
Some have raised issue about the speed of new appointments and asking for an external investigation.
Planning Board Interviews
You can view the full interviews here on the County Council YouTube Page:
Here is an article from Bethesda Beat about the interviews.
Contributions to Current County Council Members
Similar to our piece on Casey Anderson contributions to County Council members, we look a look at campaign contributions from all applicants.
Some candidates have very extensive contribution lists but we can’t show that all here. Some have contributions to PACs, current council candidates, and many other politicians.
You can look it up yourself here: https://campaignfinance.maryland.gov/Public/ViewReceipts
Cities/Towns
You may have noticed from the list but the finalists are from only 4 cities/towns out of over 25 in Montgomery County
| City/Town | Number of finalists |
| Potomac | 4 |
| Silver Spring | 4 |
| Rockville | 2 |
| Clarksburg | 1 |
Tax Liens and Debts
We used the Maryland database to look up state and federal tax liens that we could find for the planning board applicants and here is what we found:
Raj Barr‐Kuma
| Description | Judgement Date | Case Number |
| **Breach of contract – no debt, dismissed | 7/1/2021 | 484416V |
Francoise Carrier
All cases in relation to her position with Maryland National Capital Park, nothing personal
Norman Dreyfus
All business related, one of many defendants
Vincent Napoleon
| Description | Judgement Date | Debt | Years | Case Number |
| Active | 6/2/2022 | $374,573.87 | 2017-2019 | C-15-JG-22-005233 |
Barbara Goldberg Goldman
| Description | Source | Date Filed | Amount | Case Number |
| Satisfied 11/1/2006 | State | 11/07/2005 | $68,317.02 | 266200v |
| Satisfied 11/1/2006 | State | 09/06/2005 | $97,309.35 | 264437v |
| Satisfied 11/1/2006 | State | 11/05/2005 | $10,054.45 | 266259v |
| Satisfied 11/1/2006 | State | 12/20/2005 | $52,863.29 | 267456v |
| Satisfied 11/12/2012 | State | 09/30/2014 | $34,106 | 395923v |
| Satisfied 5/1/1992 | Federal | 05/15/1991 | $42,508.52 | 48607F |
| Satisfied 10/26/1998 | Federal | 02/09/1996 | $137,101.99 | 64530f |
| Satisfied 3/24/2000 | Federal | 3/19/1997 | $77,584.45 | 68387f |
| Satisfied 7/6/2006 | Federal | 3/07/2006 | $166,514.77 | 78862F |
| Satisfied 9/3/2015 | Federal | 3/30/2015 | $43,154.68 | 98300f |
| Satisfied 4/9/2019 | Federal | 05/03/2017 | $154,750.31 | 100873F |
| NOT SATISFIED, Active | Federal | 01/09/2018 | $163,671.29 | 101920f |
Documentation for large tax debts
Other Information
Time has been extremely short to look up more details on applicants but will add to this section as new things come up.
Raj Barr-Kuma
We are already aware of some scam accusations against Raj Barr-Kuma and his brother relating to Raj’s company Barr Group International. More information on gripeo shows they sell people removal from site but the accusations appear to be legitimate based on research. Here is a video from 2013 that includes what appears to be Raj talking about this development that never happened (around 2:30).
Norma Dreyfuss
According to the Parent’s Coalition, Dreyfuss moved to Colorado it appears for his primary residence.
Barbara Goldberg Goldman
Goldman resigned from her position as deputy treasurer of the Maryland Democratic Party after a leaked email questioning the ability of a Black Democrat to win running for Maryland Governor.
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