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Give mayor's tax plan a chance to work
Excuse me, but what are my fellow Baltimoreans complaining about? The mayor has proposed doing something to avoid an all-out collapse of the city's finances, and some citizens of Paradise-on-the-Patapsco are annoyed, confused or just so cranky and fed...
Tags: Carl Stokes, Ray Lewis, Politics, Baltimore Ravens, Taxation
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Baltimore groundhog: What's a Federal Hill taxpayer to do?
In a moment, you will hear the story of Georgia B. Martin and her exasperating efforts to get someone in government to help her remove a groundhog from her garden in historic Federal Hill. But first, I must think out loud, among patient readers of The...
Tags: Federal Hill, Environmental Issues, Fells Point, Patapsco, Baltimore County
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Develop Baltimore from within
What a deal. Last week, the Baltimore Brew reported that the Rawlings-Blake administration agreed to recommend that $6 million in grants meant to mitigate the impact of traffic and other nuisances near Baltimore's planned casino site near I-295 should be...
Tags: Local Government, House Building, Environmental Issues, Baltimore Business Journal, Gays and Lesbians
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Somebody asked me … about Ogden's Q7 ad, Under Armour
Somebody asked me, so … John Miller of Abingdon, Harford County, wants to know if I share his impression of that pro-casino commercial featuring the mayor of Baltimore and Jonathan Ogden, once the left tackle of the Ravens. The mayor and Ogden...
Tags: Politics, Weaponry, Glen Burnie, Unrest, Conflicts and War, National Football League
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Of football refs, retail politics and an unusually quiet state delegate
Nobody asked me but . . . I was worried about Pat McDonough, the Republican state delegate who represents parts of Harford and Baltimore counties. We hadn't heard from him all week. This was really odd. Usually, when there is mob violence in our...Tags: Shootings, Politics, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, DREAM Act
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Rodricks: In Belair-Edison, the big man keeps fighting
Around sunset Thursday, the big man — taller, broader, bolder and more passionate than anyone around him — called out from the middle of the crowd at the edge of Herring Run Park, and in that moment he stole the show from the politicians who...
Tags: Belair Road, Crime, Law and Justice, Theft, Substance Abuse, Anthony W. Batts
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Election: WBAL leads way in breaking robocall story
Z on TVOld-fashioned reporting and skilled use of new media Tuesday night helped WBAL-TV score an early and important scoop in election coverage some 90 minutes before the polls that everyone else was waiting on even closed.The news that WBAL broke Tuesday... -
'Great Day': New life for old music of black churches
As afternoon light tried to filter through the thick, stained-glass windows of Sharp Street United Methodist Church last weekend, Marco K. Merrick pounded out the bass line of a spiritual on a raw-sounding piano, singing along in a raspy voice: "Great...
Tags: Human Interest, Christianity, Education, Religion and Belief, Lotteries
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Mayor wrong to marry gay couples
It was extremely disappointing to read in The Sun that Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is planning to preside over same-sex marriages on June 16 here in Baltimore ("Mayor will preside over mass wedding of gay couples," May 20). I, and many others,...
Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Local Government, Martin O'Malley, Marriage, Social Issues
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Baltimore water bills could rise by 15 percent
Customers of Baltimore's water system would see their water bills go up 15 percent — more than expected — under a proposal the Department of Public Works announced Monday. The projected rate hike follows years of increases and will bring a...
Tags: Water Supply, Mary Pat Clarke, Personal Income, U.S. Conference of Mayors, Consumers
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Food trucks from Baltimore and Washington to square off on Rash Field
The Baltimore SunGet ready to roll. Baltimore and Washington’s fleets of food trucks are squaring off again. Some 40 trucks, 20 from each city, are expected to attend the second Taste of Two Cities event on June 1, which is relocating from Westport Waterfront to...Tags: Inner Harbor, Rash Field, United Way , Healthy Diet
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Baltimore's local hiring bill worth a try
The Sun's argument that Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake should veto Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young's local hiring bill is quite weak on a number of fronts ("Noble but flawed," May 15). First, The Sun argues that if challenged, the proposed law...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Bernard C. Young, Poverty, Labor Legislation, Justice System
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