Morning, Capt! (congrats on the pending retirement; it is worth the wait and effort!)
Wellllll, that was certainly true years, perhaps even as much as a decade ago; however; "the good ol' boy" system within Calvert County has pretty much completed fragmentation via obit and burial. Compounded by the wave of folks moving in over the course of (at least) 2 or 3 real estate bubbles (one isolated pretty much only to Calvert County itself) and completing transformation of the county from agriculture to a bedroom community county; advent of the internet and social media AND completion of gerrymandering MD into a one-party state run whose direction has long been determined by noodle-fists out of Annapolis, Baltimore, PG, Montgomery, etc. No, the "good ol' boys" in Calvert County have been replaced by bureaucrats and planners in Prince Frederick and County Commissioners whose blood lines no longer run anywhere, let alone "deep" in old families here but, residents still have the ears and elbows of their County gov't (a good thing, of course). There is some truth to the "no red roof" thing but, I don't pretend to even know its origin or even if anyone in the Prince Frederick planning offices now are aware of it. (Talking to longtiome County emnployees, it always struck me as one of those things or even rumors that got started and no one could really trace it's start, let alone any 'validity' to what it was all about. But, it was a novel thing to mention and we all loved (love?) it!)
Research where you settle, well, of course. We are in the process of completing our post-retirement move south and, obviously, there are places where the present-day "good ol' boy" system can still shock the conscience. (I thought I knew what 'political power' was until observing just how powerful the Sheriff is, in nearly every county in NC.)
But, you're right; every year you count IS WORTH IT!
Best o' Success!
