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City gets nearly $20 million from speed camera tickets, irritating critics
Baltimore got nearly $20 million in revenue from speed cameras over the past year — a higher-than-expected figure that is sparking debate over the accuracy of the city's budget projections and whether the camera program is more a cash cow than a...
Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Punishment, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Budgets and Budgeting, Bernard C. Young
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Weakened version of audits bill moves forward
A weakened version of the City Council's hotly debated audits bill won preliminary approval Monday night, meaning it could go before voters in November after a final council vote next month. City Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young announced a...Tags: Elections, Finance, Government, Lobbying, Accounting and Auditing
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City councilman to introduce bills aimed at curbing mayor's power
City Councilman Bill Henry on Monday plans to introduce a series of bills aimed at reforming City Hall, including two that would curb some of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's power.
Henry's four bills will be introduced at what should prove a busy...Tags: Elections, Government, Lobbying, Public Officials, Bernard C. Young
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East Baltimore delegation calls for stop to EBDI project
Elected officials from East Baltimore want to block the $1.8 billion urban renewal project in Middle East until more neighborhood residents and minority contractors are hired and displaced residents can benefit from the revitalization. Members of the...
Tags: Elections, Business, Government, House Building, East Baltimore Development Inc.
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Some big businesses owe millions in city water bills
In Sparrows Point, bankrupt RG Steel's delinquent city water bills have risen from about $3.5 million in 2009 to nearly $7 million today, according to city records. Chemical giant W.R.Grace & Co. owes almost $500,000 — even after recently...Tags: Fells Point, Maryland Zoo Baltimore, Government, Bankruptcy, Public Officials
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Comptroller: Audits bill would require duplicate work, wasteful spending
The Baltimore SunArguing that a proposal for increased city audits would result in duplicated efforts and wasteful spending, Baltimore Comptroller Joan Pratt and City Auditor Robert L. McCarty have submitted a letter to members of the City Council asking them to amend the...Tags: Conservation, Personal Income, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Accounting and Auditing, Head Start
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City council approves bill requiring more audits
The Baltimore City Council gave final approval Monday to a scaled-down version of a bill to require regular audits of major city agencies, some of which have not had a detailed financial review for more than a decade. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake...Tags: Finance, Kraft Foods Group, Inc., Accounting and Auditing, Mary Pat Clarke, Economy, Business and Finance
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Hundreds hold vigil for Mount Vernon shooting victims
Many of the hundreds gathered Tuesday at Mount Vernon's Washington Monument had their perceptions of safety shaken last week, after a double shooting that critically wounded a gregarious neighborhood ambassador and claimed the life of a recent...
Tags: Mount Vernon, Shootings, Washington Monument, Walters Art Museum, Theft
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As other cities grow, Baltimore continues to shrink
Chicago's growing. Atlanta is too. New York added nearly 60,000 new residents. But not Baltimore. At a time when cities across the country are gaining population and young people are flocking to urban centers, Baltimore remains stuck in a decades-long...
Tags: Demographics, World War II (1939-1945), Hurricane Katrina (2005), Patterson Park, Crime, Law and Justice
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Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Tuesday
Baltimore Sun reporterWEATHER The National Weather Service is calling for Tuesday mostly sunny in the Baltimore area, with a high near 94 and south winds around 6 miles per hour. Forecasters warn that isolated thunderstorms are possible Tuesday afternoon and evening and...Tags: Elections, Government, Barack Obama, Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., Downtown (Baltimore, Maryland)
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Ducking scrutiny
Baltimore's City Council this week voted down a proposed charter amendment that would have required that each city agency be audited every two years. And no wonder; such a proposal may be unprecedented in Maryland. A review of the charters of Anne...
Tags: Property, Accounting and Auditing, Property Tax
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Report finds $2.45 billion in city school building upgrades
Fifty Baltimore schools are so dilapidated or underused that they should be closed or rebuilt, according to a new report that also identified $2.45 billion in school infrastructure needs across the city. The findings, released Tuesday, were used by school...Tags: Elections, Students, PTA, Health, Television Industry
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