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Open meetings complaint filed against speed camera panel
Three members of an anti-speed camera group have filed an open-meetings complaint against a task force appointed by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to study Baltimore's troubled automated enforcement system. The complaint, filed April 1, alleges seven...
Tags: Brekford Corp.
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Mayor to propose new taxes on billboards, taxi rides
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is expected to introduce legislation Monday that would give the city authority to levy two new taxes. One bill would authorize a tax of about 25 cents per taxi trip. Another would impose a tax on billboard advertisements...
Tags: Advertising
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Baltimore's liquor licensing mess
Here's the gist of what legislative auditors discovered when they recently evaluated Baltimore's liquor board: It is doing a lousy job. And here's a short summary of the liquor board's response: Yup. It would be shocking if it weren't so predictable....Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Dining and Drinking, Bars and Clubs, Business, Accounting and Auditing
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NAACP false alarm shows region on edge over security
NAACP employees were going through the mail Thursday at national headquarters in Baltimore when they found a strange-looking envelope. It bore no return address and had a Memphis, Tenn., postmark — just like letters to President Barack Obama and a...
Tags: Dick Wolf , FBI, Barack Obama, Ricin Mail Attacks (2013), Crime, Law and Justice
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Mayor says she's pressing for speed camera accuracy
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said Wednesday she's pressing her Department of Transportation to ensure speed camera accuracy after officials acknowledged that 590 erroneous tickets were issued by the city's new multimillion-dollar camera...
Tags: Politics, Public Officials, Local Government, Services and Shopping, Annapolis
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City suspends speed camera tickets amid new mistakes
Baltimore officials announced Tuesday that they have suspended the city's troubled speed camera program amid fresh reports of erroneous tickets, this time involving a new multimillion-dollar camera network. The Baltimore Sun found that a recently...
Tags: Politics, Minor League Baseball, Brekford Corp., AAA, Automotive Equipment
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Has Baltimore gotten religion on speed cameras?
Baltimore's speed cameras are off-line for the second time this year after officials found faults with some of the tickets issued by the city's new camera system vendor. Officials say they will void or refund nearly 600 erroneous tickets. We would be...
Tags: Brekford Corp., Services and Shopping, Photography Supplies and Services, Xerox Corporation, Photography and Video
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Viewed from train or bus, the city doesn't put its best foot forward
Recently I boarded an Amtrak train headed for New York City. But as we embarked on our journey I was struck by the trash and debris strewn along the route. The dilapidated houses, abandoned buildings, discarded furniture and graffiti were more than I...
Tags: Amtrak, Inner Harbor, New York City, Martin O'Malley
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A more efficient fire schedule
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's proposal to change the shift schedule for city firefighters has set off a storm of protest, and not without reason. Forget the fact that firefighters' hourly wages would go down under the plan. Going from a four-days-on,...
Tags: Fires
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City police seek $285,000 to hire consultant
The Baltimore Police Department is asking the city for $285,000 to hire a Massachusetts-based consultant — the highest of five bidders — to recommend how the department should be run. But a city councilman is questioning the need for a...
Tags: Politics, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Car Tires, Maryland State Police, Crime, Law and Justice
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State spent $5,600 on O'Malley's security at Super Bowl
Maryland State Police spent more than $5,600 on Gov. Martin O'Malley's security during his Super Bowl trip earlier this year, officials said Monday. During O'Malley's trip to New Orleans, his Executive Protection Unit spent $5,627 for airfare, meals,...
Tags: Politics, Maryland State Police, Football, Baltimore Hotels, Martin O'Malley
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Assembly moved quickly to pass bevy of landmark bills
This time last year, the Maryland General Assembly was mired in anger and confusion. The House and Senate were feuding over taxes and casino gambling. Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller and House Speaker Michael E. Busch were butting heads....
Tags: Baltimore County, FBI, Barack Obama, Interior Policy, Maryland General Assembly
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