Raising perverse amounts of cash-- local edition!!!

So it looks like the potential candidates for County Executive in Howard F---ing County are cashing up, as evidenced by this article. 

As of the latest filing deadline, Del. Guy Guzzone has about $192K in the bank, outpacing Councilwoman Courtney Watson by about $20K.  State Sen.  Allan Kittleman currently has about $62K in the bank.

So in the 2010 election, County Executive Ulman raised about $1M.  The 2014 election looks to exceed that total by a considerable margin, given these figures.

For me, more interesting than the cash chase will be the grabbing of issues.  These candidates, especially on the Democratic side, are going to have to demonstrate more than a nickel's worth of difference from each other in order to distinguish themselves from each other, and to Howard County voters.  This year, and 2013, will be the prime time for that to occur.