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J. Hugh Nichols (born 27 November 1930) served as the County Executive of Howard County, Maryland. == Early life and education == Nichols served one term as part of the Howard County Charter Commission after ballots were contested for not having enough signature to qualify. In February 1968, he became a member of the planning commission as Columbia Maryland was undergoing its first phases of construction. He left the post in November 1968 to run for the new position of Howard County Council. In the 1970s Nichols helped form the Maryland State Lottery. He would later work with the Lottery Board of Louisiana to help form their lottery in the 1990s.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AD&p_theme=ad&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4762F325BF1A9&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM )〕 Hughes became a Maryland State Delegate from 1971-1978. In 1975, he proposed all school instruction materials would need to be screened for content before purchase. In 1976, he was part of a Maryland State delegation to China. In 1978 he was the deputy secretary for State budget and planning. As Howard County Executive, Nichols vetoed bills that prevented hired council on bond issues from having an interest in the issues recommended. Hughes later went to work for the firm of Mendez England Associates. In August 1996 Hughes had to leave his assignment in Albania after United States missile strikes against Osama Bin Laden raised concerns of retaliation strikes. Six years later, Howard County's Pin-Del-Motel, and Valencia Motel were used by terrorists loyal to Bin Laden prior to the September 11th attacks. Hughes worked on a free-market economic plan in Poland for eight weeks. He later retired in Maplesville, Alabama. During a 1998 visit to Howard County, he commented that he spent a fair amount of time just to keep from getting lost. "The county has grown faster than I anticipated". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「J. Hugh Nichols」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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