Welcome to the 17th edition of The Rice Report, an opportunity for you to find out what’s happening in my office, your office here in Rockville. Included in this report is: the recent Acquisition of the Montgomery Village Golf Course • Pre-budget meeting with the Montgomery County Council of Parent Teacher Associations (MCCPTA): Achievement Gap /At Risk Children • Police District 5’s Commander Luther Reynolds promoted to Assistant Chief of Police • Comments on the County Executive’s FY14 proposed budget: Libraries/ School Resource Officers • and Regional Transportation Funding Testimony in Annapolis.