[1] Nichols served one term as part of the Howard County Charter Commission after ballots were contested for not having enough signature to qualify.

[9] 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.

During a 1998 visit to Howard County, he commented that he spent a fair amount of time just to keep from getting lost.

[12] Nichols had ambitions to run for Maryland Governor, changing his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican to compete against William Donald Schaefer.

In July 1986, Nichols left his office to work for a utility conglomerate: Entergy, in New Orleans, Louisiana..

[13][14] In September 1978, Nichols won the Democratic primary for the office of Howard County Executive, against incumbent Edward L. Cochran by 3000 votes.