MontCo councilman targets firefighters’ ‘Fill the Boot’ campaign

Published September 8, 2011 12:00am ET



Streetfight shaping up between MoCo councilman, firefighters Montgomery County Councilman Phil Andrews wants to discuss banning roadside solicitation following county firefighters taking to the streets last weekend to raise money in support of people with muscular dystrophy.

The “Fill the Boot” campaign came up in June, when Andrews was one of three council members who sponsored a bill that would have prevented solicitation in the street, on a median or at an intersection.

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