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Activists call on city to spend $10.2M more on after-school programs, summer jobs
![Standing before some 30 activists and Union Square neighbors Saturday in a neon orange T-shirt with the words "I am Baltimore," 16-year-old Antonio Ellis recited a gritty poem about how the city appears through his eyes.](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-05/69910700-12160845.jpg "Standing before some 30 activists and Union Square neighbors Saturday in a neon orange T-shirt with the words "I am Baltimore,\" 16-year-old Antonio Ellis recited a gritty poem about how the city appears through his eyes.")
Standing before some 30 activists and Union Square neighbors Saturday in a neon orange T-shirt with the words "I am Baltimore," 16-year-old Antonio Ellis recited a gritty poem about how the city appears through his eyes.
"Born and raised in the city,...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Labor Markets, Elections, Activism, Bill Henry
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Stokes: Committee has votes to kill bottle tax
Three members of a key City Council committee say they oppose Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's proposal to more than double the city's bottle tax — enough to kill the bill. That has angered supporters of the bill, who accuse Councilman Carl Stokes,...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Elections, Edward L. Reisinger III, Bill Henry
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City again seeks to raise water, sewer rates
For the fourth consecutive year, Baltimore officials are proposing a 9 percent increase to water and sewer rates — and the charges will continue to grow indefinitely to cover the costs of major projects, they say.
The proposed rate increases come...Tags: Bolton Hill, University of Baltimore, Baltimore County, Water Supply, Mary Pat Clarke
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Mayor: Young's budget changes are 'irresponsible'
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake dismissed Thursday a package of budget changes proposed by Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young, saying most of his proposals are "unadvisable, unworkable and irresponsible." "I cannot support them, and I encourage the...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance, Elections, Edward L. Reisinger III
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Bottle tax hike could move forward Monday
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's proposed increase to the city's tax on bottle beverages is expected to move forward Monday after being corked up for months by a City Council committee. Council members, led by Council Vice President Edward Reisinger,...Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Consumer Goods Industries, Mary Pat Clarke, Beverage Industry, Labor Legislation
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Rawlings-Blake calls for regular review of Baltimore agencies
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has asked the city comptroller to conduct regular examinations of several agencies that have not been audited in decades, starting in the Department of Recreation and Parks. The request came Tuesday as City Council...
Tags: Accounting and Auditing, Economy, Business and Finance, Budgets and Budgeting, Finance
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Bill to place advertisements on city fire trucks moves forward
A Baltimore City Council committee approved a measure Tuesday that would allow advertisements to be placed on fire trucks to help support the department — and potentially prevent the closure of some fire companies. Firefighters and community...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Budgets and Budgeting, Accounting and Auditing, Disasters and Accidents, Finance
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Baltimore homestead tax credits: Gross inequality
![A homeowner should not pay more in property taxes than his two neighbors put together for their nearly identical homes. But that's exactly what Sun reporters <a href="http://bio.tribune.com/ScottCalvert">Scott Calvert</a> and <a href="http://bio.tribune.com/JamieSmithHopkins">Jamie Smith Hopkins</a> found in a comprehensive and unprecedented review of Baltimore City's homestead tax break program.](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-12/66817524-16145926.jpg "A homeowner should not pay more in property taxes than his two neighbors put together for their nearly identical homes. But that's exactly what Sun reporters <a href="http://bio.tribune.com/ScottCalvert\">Scott Calvert</a> and <a href=\"http://bio.tribune.com/JamieSmithHopkins\">Jamie Smith Hopkins</a> found in a comprehensive and unprecedented review of Baltimore City's homestead tax break program.")
A homeowner should not pay more in property taxes than his two neighbors put together for their nearly identical homes. But that's exactly what Sun reporters Scott Calvert and Jamie Smith Hopkins found in a comprehensive and unprecedented review of...Tags: Property Tax, Credit and Debt, Local Government, Parkville, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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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: Government, East Baltimore Development Inc., Elections, House Building, Politics
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Funding of Recreation and Parks a hot issue at City Hall
Funding for the Department of Recreation and Parks was a hot issue at City Hall on Wednesday — with the City Council president suggesting that police and other agencies transfer money to youth programs, an activist criticizing a proposal to hire a...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Budgets and Budgeting, Unemployment, Finance, Career and Workplace
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Baltimore City, P.G. County sent largest numbers to 'who's who' Vegas convention
The Baltimore SunSince the weekend, Las Vegas has served as a sort of glitzy Maryland West -- with government and business leaders from the state attending the Global Retail Real Estate Convention in droves. With galas and events at casinos, the annual four-day...Tags: Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers: The Story of Success (book), Executive Branch, Ottawa Senators, Trent Lott
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At pricey condos, developers pay just hundreds in tax
They're some of the priciest condos in the city, but they're taxed like empty lots.
At the Ritz-Carlton Residences along Baltimore's Inner Harbor — where a recent sale topped $1.5 million — the tax bill for most of the condos was $1,309...Tags: Property Tax, Patterson Park, Taxation, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, William H. Cole IV
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