Owens to take on Schaefer for comptroller

After months of indecision about her future plans, Anne Arundel County Executive Janet Owens has told state Comptroller William Donald Schaefer that she wants his job and will challenge him in the Sept. 12 Democratic primary.

Owens met with Schaefer late Wednesday afternoon. “He wished her well,” said Schaefer spokesman Mike Golden, but “he has not changed his plans” at all to run for a third term.