RICHARD M. POLLITT, JR. SWORN IN AS WICOMICO COUNTY’S FIRST ELECTED EXECUTIVE

For Immediate Release

Salisbury, MD

December 5, 2006

Richard M. Pollitt Jr., was sworn-in at noon today as Wicomico County’s first elected Executive. The inauguration took place in the Ceremonial Court Room in the county’s old courthouse. Mr. Pollitt’s father, the late Judge Richard M. Pollitt, Sr., once presided in the same room when it was used to hear Circuit Court cases.

Following the swearing-in ceremony, Mr. Pollitt said: “I’m looking forward to getting to work right away establishing contacts with all the various members of our community. We’ve been granted a tremendous opportunity to make local government more efficient and responsive to our citizens and I intend to make the most of it.”

Mr. Pollitt joins 5 other County Executives in Maryland who share similar responsibilities in governing as elected officials. Mr. Pollitt is now responsible for

managing 9 departments which supply services to county citizens. The annual Wicomico County budget is $126 million.

Prior to assuming the post of County Executive, Mr. Pollitt served as Manager of the City of Fruitland, MD for 22 years.

The Pollitt family has a long history of public service on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. The late Judge Pollitt retired from the Maryland Court of Special Appeals. Mr. Pollitt’s grandfather served three terms as Wicomico County Sheriff and a great-grandfather served as an Orphan’s Court Judge in Somerset County.

Mr. Pollitt and his wife, the former Tracy Catlin, reside in Allen, MD with their two children. Nine generations of the Pollitt family have lived in or around Allen.

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