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City stuff, mostly. Greektown good
Baltimore, MD
Joined March 2009
Happening now: @MayorBMScott is cutting the ribbon on the latest @RecNParks playground project—part of a record-setting wave of ARPA investments in Baltimore’s youth and communities.
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David Simon, TV producer and creator of "The Wire," has a message for Republican lawmakers who are pushing to send National Guard troops to Baltimore — they should keep “The Wire” out of their mouths. “Anyone citing a television narrative as a means to justifying this astonishing
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Surrounded by the hurried and energetic hums of Baltimore city, Patterson Park is a place where rhythms slow, soften, and unfold into something more intimate. https://t.co/dm5Rgs84Gp
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So to summarize, there is no citywide trend of spiking shoplifting, SED is an extreme outlier. The spike is mainly from a few businesses, but not all the same one. What gives - BPD district policy change? Store policy changes? Actual crime? Idk, but it's been bugging me all year.
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Looking at the locations, it's driven by a small group of very large increases. Most are the sites of gas stations, including 4 RoFos, but Walgreens in Middle East and 7-Eleven at Canton Crossing by far lead the pack. These top 8 locations alone account for 276 extra incidents.
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The much higher trend has been clear all year, and it's only in the last few months that they began to track closer. But compare Central District, which leads the city in total incidents, but has not seen a similar change. In fact, it's down 10% YOY.
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Free story idea for someone to look into: what the heck is happening with shoplifting in Southeast District? It's had 262 extra reports, for a 72% increase YOY, way out of line with the other districts. SED alone tips the whole citywide stat into an increase (by 119 incidents).🧵
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The third bill, scheduled for September 18th, is no less significant. It will permit the construction of apartment buildings up to six stories high using a single staircase. This makes it possible to build much more creatively, and densely, on small or awkward parcels.
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The bills up in committee this week are big. 25-0064 increases the building space flexibility in all residential zones. 25-0065 eliminates ALL parking minimums citywide. Please, if you haven't yet, smash that link and tell the council: support these bills. https://t.co/ihXrjGRaY7
Please send a quick email in support of three bills being heard by the Baltimore City Council Land Use and Transportation Committee this month:
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tfw you are blindsided
Hampden’s small business owners say they’re blindsided by the route for Saturday’s Maryland Cycling Classic, which will close Falls Road and Roland Avenue — two of the neighborhood’s pivotal streets.
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Assemble the team. Let’s do this.
🚨 While @MarylandDOT's draft plan adds $300M in new #transportation funding, the headline for #counties is sobering: Highway User Revenues fall off a cliff, stripping away over $500M in local road funding by 2031 unless the General Assembly takes action. #MDpolitics #MDGA26
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Who ever could have created such a hostile feeling toward City Schools and its leadership that they could feel threatened? Anyway, buy my book
Gun Question: Baltimore City School Police are not allowed to carry guns in their assigned school to protect students. BUT officers DO carry guns to protect the CEO when she��s in a school. Why does the CEO get armed protection, but kids don’t? https://t.co/8Ldhaa00Ak
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Everyone in Baltimore please use the GO feature on the Transit App to help your fellow riders while the real time tracking system is down.
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@AcidEfflux you apparently don't even know where Remington is, so I'm not sure how far we can lean on your insights here
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I just heard that a group of national guards (probably a small one) got off the MARC train at the west baltimore stop. Has anyone else reported on this?
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Baltimore carjacking % are down this month more than they are in National Guard occupied DC and we may be on a path to the lowest homicide rate in city history but here's good ole FOX
The governor of Maryland is facing criticism from residents and former law enforcement officials over his handling of crime in Baltimore.
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Baltimore saw 7 homicides in August. That’s the first time on record (since 1970) there’s been single-digit homicides in August, historically the 2nd-deadliest month of the year here. There’s been 91 killings this year in Baltimore, down 62% from 241 victims at this time in 2022
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Spot the crime being pushed to the county.
@justin_fenton Baltimore County is up. The city has pushed crime to surrounding counties. Which I’ve been pointing out for 4 years.
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