EMMITSBURG, Md. – A member of the Frederick County Planning Commission, accused in the past of trying to protect her parents’ property when she was a member of the Emmitsburg Planning Commission, has been found to have violated the county’s ethic ordinance for doing much the same thing.

Catherine Forrence was found in violation of the county ethics ordinance because “it seems clear to the Ethics Commission that changing the allowable density on those parcels located so close to the parents’ property would nevertheless have a direct financial impact on the value of the property…”» full story