Four more years for County Councilmen, executive

Baltimore County?s incumbent councilmen handily extended their tenures with re-election victories Tuesday, and veteran members predicted they?ll spend less time over the next four years learning the process and more time proposing policy.

All but one councilman has already served at least eight years on the council ? four have served 12 years, and Councilman Vince Gardina secured a fifth term after beating former councilman Wayne Skinner in the council?s most closely contested race Tuesday with 56 percent of votes in the fifth district.