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Independent reporting and informed commentary about greater Baltimore. News tips [email protected]
Baltimore, MD
Joined August 2009
A master class in how to turn Baltimore County’s zoning into a political free-for-all. https://t.co/JmreFf2Twd The culture of soft corruption has long existed in Baltimore County - it’s getting worse, not better. [OP-ED]
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.@JamesTorrenceJD blasts @MayorBMScott's zoning bills “on behalf of my residents in Sandtown-Winchester.” https://t.co/sCi9jR9XLz . . . scorching remarks that reflect widespread grassroots Black opposition, as the full council advances two of the measures.
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The Century Foundation isn’t just a think tank—it’s an operator connecting money, media, and power.
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Sisson Street trash station task force names @odetteramos as chair. https://t.co/loQMhiIIXa Also announced today: Calvin Young, point man for the unpopular Sisson Street relocation plan, will “shift” from mayor’s chief of staff to an interim deputy mayor.
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@MayorBMScott To clarify, the second bill would allow for construction of more units on an existing rowhouse lot.
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Voting yes for ending off-street parking requirement: Parker, Bullock, Dorsey, Gray, Ramos, Blanchard, Jones, Cohen. Voting no: Torrence, Glover, Porter, Conway, McCray, Schleifer. Voting yes for allowing construction of more units on a rowhouse property: same as above + Porter.
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My letter to President Trumps requesting the end of all SRM funding
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The City Council tonight narrowly approved 2 controversial zoning bills pushed by the @MayorBMScott administration. A bill eliminating off-street parking requirements passed 8-6 and a bill allowing for larger houses on an existing lot passed 9-5.
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The false promise of the sweeping zoning bill package pitched by @MayorBMScott as a path to affordable housing. https://t.co/JY6OTOwTgx Visionary reform? Or just a way to help developers cut costs? There's a reason Black Baltimore residents are leery. [OP-ED]
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At a hearing, residents said @MayorBMScott's zoning deregulation bills will hurt their neighborhoods and some councilmembers pushed back as well. https://t.co/4pz8fKacBT But two of the bills got committee approval . . . and are set to go before the council Monday for a vote.
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Baltimore’s now $5.6 million website redesign will be out-of-date when it’s launched. https://t.co/higCBxx9J0 The @OIG_Baltimore finds eye-popping new costs for the overhaul of the city’s website that, strangely, has it running on a soon-to-expire content management system.
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Board of Estimates okays PILOT agreement @MayorBMScott hammered out with nonprofits behind closed doors. https://t.co/ftd9IdYCJK Grassroots groups had pushed for a task force to craft a fair formula for payments. But the mayor cut his own deal.
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Why hide a $100,000 payment to a frmr @RepJohnnyO aide? Baltimore County residents shd email kathyk@baltimorecountymd.gov, copying their councilman, urging her to ask the court to unseal the case record in Baltimore County v Employee A, OP-ED author says. https://t.co/uDIPgZbExc
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Fistfights, parking lot scuffles, disputed union elections. Check out the colorful history of @AFSCMEMaryland, which was quietly reeling from a $1M phishing scam when it took over the more solvent Council 67/Local 44, which repped Bmore sanitation workers https://t.co/q93RiEONy3
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BREW SPECIAL REPORT: How the takeover of a Baltimore union helped @AFSCMEMaryland recover from its “phishing” losses. https://t.co/q93RiEONy3 Now we know why absorbing city sanitation workers’ Local 44, and other Council 67 units, was so important to AFSCME leadership.
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In a nutshell: Create tradable AI agents in less than 1min, with the x402 protocol embedded in their autonomous pipeline. Enabling them to transact with other fellow agents or with humans. A powerful addition to the most powerful agent creation flow in the space.
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It's looking more and more like hush money. @BaltCoGov has erected a wall of secrecy around the $100k payment to Johnny Olszewski's ex-chief of staff. It's time for the facts to come out. Op-Ed by David Plymyer. https://t.co/uDIPgZbExc
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The Baltimore City Historical Society has honored The Brew's Fern Shen and Mark Reutter for their contributions to Baltimore civic affairs through their journalism. https://t.co/AEUKm7SRoN. We appreciate the recognition, BCHS...
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Paid While in Jail: A @BmoreCityDOT employee accused of carjacking collects a paycheck. Supervisor manipulates Workday to enter the employee's sick leave into the system, netting $2,000 before the scheme is uncovered by Baltimore Inspector General. https://t.co/T8uFBkOnuz
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October is a busy travel month for @MayorBMScott's aides and staff. They're spending $52K going to various conferences and workshops. This includes $412/a/nite lodging in LA and 2 deputy mayors spending this week in Rotterdam. https://t.co/tlC92OLun5
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The Feds abandoned their "larger investigation" into Strong City, the Baltimore nonprofit that mishandled money intended for grassroots Black groups. Now with the end of its ex-CEO's criminal case, no one knows where the millions of dollars went. https://t.co/4FqB4f9saG
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SPECIAL REPORT: Today the ex-CEO of Strong City Baltimore got off with no jail sentence or fine. The nonprofit had squandered millions of dollars intended for small, mostly Black-run organizations. Where the money went is still anyone's guess. https://t.co/4FqB4fa00e
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Saying it preys on Baltimore residents and charges usurious interest rates and "tips," the @MayorBMScott admin has filed a lawsuit against the online cash-advance/personal loan platform MoneyLion. https://t.co/oOg04FIHu2
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