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Business owner Deppa running for mayor

Published 07/27/09

Laurie Sears Deppa is a small business owner who used to be in the Navy, two careers she said have prepared her for the city's highest elected office and that will drive her decisions and policies.

Paul W. Gillespie — The Capital Small business owner Laurie Sears Deppa is running for mayor. She is one of seven Democrats, one Republican and one independent seeking the city's top elected position.
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"We need to run this place more like a business for sure. More like the military and more like a business," the Democratic candidate said.

And those two experiences are what brought her to Annapolis and are behind her decision to run for mayor.

A disabled Navy veteran who worked in personnel, she came to the city to manage a hotel after she received an honorable discharge for medical reasons. She opened a spa at...

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