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I want to know who approached who about Ms. Rolley's theft

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 09:00:41 -0400

I want to know who approached who about Ms. Rolley's theft:

Is this a pre-election trick by the Mayor to bury the tax story about the Columbia house. Or did the Rolley’s, who seem to subsist on government jobs leak this to make Rawlings-Blake look bad?

Grand Prix, Trees, and Court Discretion

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 10:10:05 -0400

Grand Prix, Trees, and Court Discretion:

A permit question: Dave Troy went to court under the section of City Code that requires notice be given for trees to come down*, but the City code (Article 7, 53-12) also states that no one may cut or trim any street tree other than under the direction of Public Works and with a permit issued by the Department of Public Works.

So I get that notice wasn’t given, but was a permit issued? I thinks that’s the question I’d ask next. Especially since the City Code also says the court has the discretion to issue fines for violating the permit sections of the code - but not the section regarding notice.

*It doesn’t look like there are any penalties for violating the section of City Code that requires notice because it’s not one of the sections listed under the penalty article.

Stony Run, Hampden

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 22:25:00 -0400

Stony Run, Hampden

"With all due respect to your newspaper, sometimes we feel we have to bring things directly to the..."

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:32:01 -0400

““With all due respect to your newspaper, sometimes we feel we have to bring things directly to the door to get the paper to pay attention to this race,””

- From “Otis Rolley puts his name out there, in chalk” by Laura Vozella for the Baltimore Sun blog Baltimore Insider. This seems creepy: you don’t give me enough attention but I know where you live so I’ll put my message in front of your door?

Results from Baltimore's Budget (December 2010)

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 23:23:47 -0400

Results from Baltimore's Budget (December 2010):

This link is a blog post that was linked to from this article which appeared in my Google reader feed today. Good to know that someone is taking lessons away from Baltimore’s budget process. The article makes it sound like outcome based budgeting magically closed a $121M budget gap. What about all those new taxes? This article should not just be about the creative cuts made, especially when we’re all dropping a few more pennies in the city’s coffer every time we cross the street (hyperbole, I know, but not so untrue with the bottle tax). I also have a hard time believing in the improvements author Jim Chrisinger describes; I have to re-put in 311 requests for housings inspections for housing code enforcement issues with too much frequency to believe there’s been some kind of innovation that has streamlined the enforcement processes.

On the other hand, the idea of transferring the utility costs to the individual departments seems brilliant. I would assume it’s the same amount of money, so if the agency doesn’t lower costs, no skin of their back; but if they do have save that money, I’d hope they could transfer it to another area where they need some extra dollars. That I may have to try and find more information about.

Two sun articles on Police Response...

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 23:02:00 -0400

Two sun articles on Police Response...:

The title links to Michael Dresser’s post on one woman’s tribulations in trying to get a response from police after a car accident. And this article by Rebekah Brown is about City Councilman Curran advising communities to tell 911 operators a gun is involved to speed police response.

Maybe Brown just needs to advise Dresser’s blog subject to tell the police a gun was involved?

This picture (or any of the pictures I took of this bridge)...

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 23:55:24 -0400

This picture (or any of the pictures I took of this bridge) didn’t come out as sharply as it could have to show the brick work.

Under North Avenue, along the Jones Falls.

"…he told her he was looking for a rabbit and fled."

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 23:18:17 -0400

““…he told her he was looking for a rabbit and fled.””

- Crime coverage from the North Baltimore Patch by Adam Bednar.

“If you want to know the truth,” Welch says now, “I really don’t remember the incident.”

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 23:16:20 -0400

“If you want to know the truth,” Welch says now, “I really don’t remember the incident.”:

Welch has a lot of competition to not have a pat answer for the “so, you fired that gun why again” question.

"…he felt his chances of victory were hampered because, when filing as a candidate, the..."

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:07:35 -0400

““…he felt his chances of victory were hampered because, when filing as a candidate, the Maryland Board of Elections “made me use my legal name, not my real name,” which he says is, “Let Me At’Em, the Hype Man of Baltimore.””

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Two Candidates Withdraw From City Races by Van Smith for City Paper.

Looking at Druid Lake from the west, near Druid Park Lake Drive.

Sun, 24 Jul 2011 23:28:50 -0400

Looking at Druid Lake from the west, near Druid Park Lake Drive.

Mayor Rawlings-Blake proposes cutting property taxes by .20 by 2020

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 09:49:00 -0400

Mayor Rawlings-Blake proposes cutting property taxes by .20 by 2020:

But it is suggested this reduction be done by diverting 90% of slots revenue to offset lost property taxes, with the remaining 10% going to school construction. However when we voted on question 2 in 2008 (link to question: http://www.elections.state.md.us/elections/2008/questions/statewide.html#question_2), I think we were given the strong impression slots money would help schools.

I do own property and don’t have kids, so I’m very familiar with taxes but don’t have much knowledge about schools beyond the news. It seems like the schools really need help - and wouldn’t the school system be anticipating slots revenue? I’d love my taxes to go down but surely it doesn’t have to be at the expense of schools.

CSX tracks south of 26th Street in Charles Village.

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 23:37:00 -0400

CSX tracks south of 26th Street in Charles Village.

The Wire is Fiction.

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 19:49:00 -0400

The Wire is Fiction.:

In real life, it’s the police distributing the heroin to the street dealers. The Exxon at Coldspring and Falls Roads is a pretty brash location. I’d have to look at a map to tell, but is that even a half mile from the Northern District headquarters?

Southeast corner of 25th and North Charles Street.

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 21:16:40 -0400

Southeast corner of 25th and North Charles Street.

Franchot thinks above market rates for State Center are difficult to justify

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:00:26 -0400

Franchot thinks above market rates for State Center are difficult to justify:

Also, interesting is the Comptrollers,assertion it’s a buyers market and why would the state lock into renting for 20 years.

I wonder what the response will be and who it will come from.

Mickey Mantle arrested...

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:52:07 -0400

Mickey Mantle arrested...:

But not charged. After all he had a game to get to.

Pants on Fire

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:26:41 -0400

Pants on Fire:

Not particularly creative I know, but Liar, Liar is the only thing I can come up with.

I-83 Southbound.

Sun, 17 Jul 2011 21:36:37 -0400

I-83 Southbound.

Under the North Howard Street bridge on Falls Road.

Sun, 17 Jul 2011 21:26:48 -0400

Under the North Howard Street bridge on Falls Road.

Baltimorean

I want to know who approached who about Ms. Rolley's theft

Grand Prix, Trees, and Court Discretion

Stony Run, Hampden

"With all due respect to your newspaper, sometimes we feel we have to bring things directly to the..."

Results from Baltimore's Budget (December 2010)

Two sun articles on Police Response...

This picture (or any of the pictures I took of this bridge)...

"…he told her he was looking for a rabbit and fled."

“If you want to know the truth,” Welch says now, “I really don’t remember the incident.”

"…he felt his chances of vic­tory were ham­pered because, when fil­ing as a can­di­date, the..."

Two Candidates Withdraw From City Races by Van Smith for City Paper.

Looking at Druid Lake from the west, near Druid Park Lake Drive.

Mayor Rawlings-Blake proposes cutting property taxes by .20 by 2020

CSX tracks south of 26th Street in Charles Village.

The Wire is Fiction.

Southeast corner of 25th and North Charles Street.

Franchot thinks above market rates for State Center are difficult to justify

Mickey Mantle arrested...

Pants on Fire

I-83 Southbound.

Under the North Howard Street bridge on Falls Road.

"…he felt his chances of victory were hampered because, when filing as a candidate, the..."