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Defending ending parking requirements for new apartments, Councilman Jermaine Jones said residents deserve better kinds of protections. tinyurl.com/5fk2yaxk Councilwoman Phylicia Porter said they've been "the only lever" for communities oversaturated w/ substance abuse and mental health clinics.
October 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Defending ending parking requirements for new apartments, Councilman Jermaine Jones said residents deserve better kinds of protections. tinyurl.com/5fk2yaxk Councilwoman Phylicia Porter said they've been "the only lever" for communities oversaturated w/ substance abuse and mental health clinics.
Councilman James Torrence blasts @mayorbmscott.bsky.social's
zoning bills "on behalf of my residents in Sandtown-Winchester." tinyurl.com/4b445a3m
... scorching remarks that reflect widespread grassroots Black opposition, as the full council advances two of the measures.
zoning bills "on behalf of my residents in Sandtown-Winchester." tinyurl.com/4b445a3m
... scorching remarks that reflect widespread grassroots Black opposition, as the full council advances two of the measures.
October 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Councilman James Torrence blasts @mayorbmscott.bsky.social's
zoning bills "on behalf of my residents in Sandtown-Winchester." tinyurl.com/4b445a3m
... scorching remarks that reflect widespread grassroots Black opposition, as the full council advances two of the measures.
zoning bills "on behalf of my residents in Sandtown-Winchester." tinyurl.com/4b445a3m
... scorching remarks that reflect widespread grassroots Black opposition, as the full council advances two of the measures.
Sisson Street trash station task force names @odetteramos.bsky.social as chair. tinyurl.com/2mperxwz Also announced today: Calvin Young, point man for the unpopular Sisson Street relocation plan, will “shift” from mayor’s chief of staff to an interim deputy mayor.
October 21, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Sisson Street trash station task force names @odetteramos.bsky.social as chair. tinyurl.com/2mperxwz Also announced today: Calvin Young, point man for the unpopular Sisson Street relocation plan, will “shift” from mayor’s chief of staff to an interim deputy mayor.
The false promise of the sweeping zoning bill package pitched by @mayorbmscott.bsky.social as a path to affordable housing.
tinyurl.com/y74ary94 Visionary reform? Or just a way to help developers cut costs? There's a reason Black Baltimore residents are leery. [OP-ED]
tinyurl.com/y74ary94 Visionary reform? Or just a way to help developers cut costs? There's a reason Black Baltimore residents are leery. [OP-ED]
October 20, 2025 at 11:19 AM
The false promise of the sweeping zoning bill package pitched by @mayorbmscott.bsky.social as a path to affordable housing.
tinyurl.com/y74ary94 Visionary reform? Or just a way to help developers cut costs? There's a reason Black Baltimore residents are leery. [OP-ED]
tinyurl.com/y74ary94 Visionary reform? Or just a way to help developers cut costs? There's a reason Black Baltimore residents are leery. [OP-ED]
At a hearing, residents said @mayorbmscott.bsky.social's zoning deregulation bills will hurt their neighborhoods and some councilmembers pushed back as well. tinyurl.com/mryzfc52 But two of the bills got committee approval . . . and are set to go before the council Monday for a vote.
October 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
At a hearing, residents said @mayorbmscott.bsky.social's zoning deregulation bills will hurt their neighborhoods and some councilmembers pushed back as well. tinyurl.com/mryzfc52 But two of the bills got committee approval . . . and are set to go before the council Monday for a vote.
Baltimore’s now $5.6 million website redesign will be out-of-date when it’s launched. tinyurl.com/2fpsr9ma The Inspector General finds
eye-popping new costs for the overhaul of the city’s website that, strangely, has it running on a soon-to-expire content management system.
eye-popping new costs for the overhaul of the city’s website that, strangely, has it running on a soon-to-expire content management system.
October 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Baltimore’s now $5.6 million website redesign will be out-of-date when it’s launched. tinyurl.com/2fpsr9ma The Inspector General finds
eye-popping new costs for the overhaul of the city’s website that, strangely, has it running on a soon-to-expire content management system.
eye-popping new costs for the overhaul of the city’s website that, strangely, has it running on a soon-to-expire content management system.
Fistfights, parking lot scuffles, disputed union elections. Check out the colorful history of AFSCME Maryland,
which was quietly reeling from a $1 million phishing scam when it took over the more solvent Council 67/Local 44, which represented Baltimore sanitation workers tinyurl.com/3y32dhtp
which was quietly reeling from a $1 million phishing scam when it took over the more solvent Council 67/Local 44, which represented Baltimore sanitation workers tinyurl.com/3y32dhtp
October 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Fistfights, parking lot scuffles, disputed union elections. Check out the colorful history of AFSCME Maryland,
which was quietly reeling from a $1 million phishing scam when it took over the more solvent Council 67/Local 44, which represented Baltimore sanitation workers tinyurl.com/3y32dhtp
which was quietly reeling from a $1 million phishing scam when it took over the more solvent Council 67/Local 44, which represented Baltimore sanitation workers tinyurl.com/3y32dhtp
Eye-opening context . . . How the takeover of a Baltimore union helped AFSCME Council 3 recover from its “phishing” losses. tinyurl.com/3y32dhtp
Now, we know why absorbing city sanitation workers’ Local 44, and other Council 67 units, was so important to AFSCME leadership.
Now, we know why absorbing city sanitation workers’ Local 44, and other Council 67 units, was so important to AFSCME leadership.
October 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Eye-opening context . . . How the takeover of a Baltimore union helped AFSCME Council 3 recover from its “phishing” losses. tinyurl.com/3y32dhtp
Now, we know why absorbing city sanitation workers’ Local 44, and other Council 67 units, was so important to AFSCME leadership.
Now, we know why absorbing city sanitation workers’ Local 44, and other Council 67 units, was so important to AFSCME leadership.
Some folks still a bit salty after last night's Baltimore Ravens implosion
September 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Some folks still a bit salty after last night's Baltimore Ravens implosion
Maddi O’Neill. reporting today for Baltimore Brew on election for union representing Baltimore Solid Waste workers, is kicked off the property by an @AFSCMEMaryland official. #TheyKickedUsOutInAprilToo
[Story to come]
[Story to come]
August 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Maddi O’Neill. reporting today for Baltimore Brew on election for union representing Baltimore Solid Waste workers, is kicked off the property by an @AFSCMEMaryland official. #TheyKickedUsOutInAprilToo
[Story to come]
[Story to come]
The California nonprofit (G.L.O.M.) that hired Nick and Marilyn Mosby touts, on its website, a glitzy "Palisades Project" coming on West North Avenue - on land owned by @MCBInvests
. tinyurl.com/3khppcjt An MCB spox tonight disavowed any affiliation with the project.
. tinyurl.com/3khppcjt An MCB spox tonight disavowed any affiliation with the project.
July 14, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The California nonprofit (G.L.O.M.) that hired Nick and Marilyn Mosby touts, on its website, a glitzy "Palisades Project" coming on West North Avenue - on land owned by @MCBInvests
. tinyurl.com/3khppcjt An MCB spox tonight disavowed any affiliation with the project.
. tinyurl.com/3khppcjt An MCB spox tonight disavowed any affiliation with the project.
Federal appeals court upholds Marilyn Mosby’s perjury convictions, but overturns the ex- Baltimore State's Attorney's mortgage fraud conviction.
July 11, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Federal appeals court upholds Marilyn Mosby’s perjury convictions, but overturns the ex- Baltimore State's Attorney's mortgage fraud conviction.
From Judge's opinion dismissing the suit against Baltimore City and its chosen developer, La Cité, finding that Sonia Eaddy and fellow Poppleton residents had "no standing" to sue. tinyurl.com/3f73strn
June 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
From Judge's opinion dismissing the suit against Baltimore City and its chosen developer, La Cité, finding that Sonia Eaddy and fellow Poppleton residents had "no standing" to sue. tinyurl.com/3f73strn
Joy in Poppleton as the rec center reopens, but how much can it do to revive this West Baltimore neighborhood, emptied out by a failed, city-backed redevelopment project? tinyurl.com/pxaydeba Recalling residents' pending lawsuit against the city, we took a look around.
June 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Joy in Poppleton as the rec center reopens, but how much can it do to revive this West Baltimore neighborhood, emptied out by a failed, city-backed redevelopment project? tinyurl.com/pxaydeba Recalling residents' pending lawsuit against the city, we took a look around.
UPDATE The Housing Authority of Baltimore City says Douglass Homes residents have had to pay for "excess" electric use since 2020 - and that it's in their leases. tinyurl.com/36trsdaj Spokeswoman says they recently began using a new collection co. to seek payment for accrued excess electricity usage
May 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
UPDATE The Housing Authority of Baltimore City says Douglass Homes residents have had to pay for "excess" electric use since 2020 - and that it's in their leases. tinyurl.com/36trsdaj Spokeswoman says they recently began using a new collection co. to seek payment for accrued excess electricity usage
The letter from county residents in support of Inspector General Kelly Madigan was accepted today by the office of the County Executive..... CE Klausmeier herself was out of town in Las Vegas for the annual International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) convention, which begins Monday.
May 16, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The letter from county residents in support of Inspector General Kelly Madigan was accepted today by the office of the County Executive..... CE Klausmeier herself was out of town in Las Vegas for the annual International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) convention, which begins Monday.
UPDATE Another Baltimore County Council member - Pat Young - comes out in support of Baltimore County Inspector General Kelly Madigan, urging County Executive Klausmeier
to retain her. tinyurl.com/3ju39sbs
to retain her. tinyurl.com/3ju39sbs
May 14, 2025 at 7:33 PM
UPDATE Another Baltimore County Council member - Pat Young - comes out in support of Baltimore County Inspector General Kelly Madigan, urging County Executive Klausmeier
to retain her. tinyurl.com/3ju39sbs
to retain her. tinyurl.com/3ju39sbs
Pollution enforcement plummeted sharply during the Larry Hogan years, a leader of Blue Water Baltimore said, one reason Baltimore-area water quality has been declining for the past decade. "Damage done by gutting an entire agency is felt for years." t.co/fITYopmuFW #TheirNewReportIsCardOut
May 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Pollution enforcement plummeted sharply during the Larry Hogan years, a leader of Blue Water Baltimore said, one reason Baltimore-area water quality has been declining for the past decade. "Damage done by gutting an entire agency is felt for years." t.co/fITYopmuFW #TheirNewReportIsCardOut
The family of a Baltimore care facility resident - who died after an aide pushed him down - is suing @autumnlakehc
saying the nursing home chain should have known not to employ her from her documented "history of violent behavior toward patients." tinyurl.com/4xbbhru8
saying the nursing home chain should have known not to employ her from her documented "history of violent behavior toward patients." tinyurl.com/4xbbhru8
May 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
The family of a Baltimore care facility resident - who died after an aide pushed him down - is suing @autumnlakehc
saying the nursing home chain should have known not to employ her from her documented "history of violent behavior toward patients." tinyurl.com/4xbbhru8
saying the nursing home chain should have known not to employ her from her documented "history of violent behavior toward patients." tinyurl.com/4xbbhru8
[email protected] has pumped up his public relations staff with four new political players from Washington - and a nearly 70% increase in the comms office budget. tinyurl.com/4z7czh5v The new team is boosting his national profile . . . and bringing his 2nd term ambitions into focus.
May 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
[email protected] has pumped up his public relations staff with four new political players from Washington - and a nearly 70% increase in the comms office budget. tinyurl.com/4z7czh5v The new team is boosting his national profile . . . and bringing his 2nd term ambitions into focus.
Yes, to a new shipping terminal at the site of the old Sparrows Point steel mill, critics say, but no to Tradepoint Atlantic's plan for the toxic dredged muck that will hurt the Bay environment. tinyurl.com/ywpvfv54 "We threw everything in the water," a former mill worker recalled.
May 1, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Yes, to a new shipping terminal at the site of the old Sparrows Point steel mill, critics say, but no to Tradepoint Atlantic's plan for the toxic dredged muck that will hurt the Bay environment. tinyurl.com/ywpvfv54 "We threw everything in the water," a former mill worker recalled.
Maryland's big nursing home inspection backlog means some facilities haven't been surveyed in YEARS. Suffering bedsores, infections and traumatic isolation, disabled residents are suing, saying the @mdhealthdept.bsky.social lax regulation hits them hardest. tinyurl.com/3t9hcb7c @justiceinaging.org
April 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Maryland's big nursing home inspection backlog means some facilities haven't been surveyed in YEARS. Suffering bedsores, infections and traumatic isolation, disabled residents are suing, saying the @mdhealthdept.bsky.social lax regulation hits them hardest. tinyurl.com/3t9hcb7c @justiceinaging.org
"I wouldn’t say we’re liberal. I’d say we’re sane!" These anti-Trump, anti-Putin, pro-Democracy Baltimore seniors, some in their 90s, have been taking to the streets every Wednesday and their numbers are growing. tinyurl.com/s2wek2m2 Big energy in this peppy crowd of about 75 last week.
April 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
"I wouldn’t say we’re liberal. I’d say we’re sane!" These anti-Trump, anti-Putin, pro-Democracy Baltimore seniors, some in their 90s, have been taking to the streets every Wednesday and their numbers are growing. tinyurl.com/s2wek2m2 Big energy in this peppy crowd of about 75 last week.
Lease of former margarine factory by @baltimorepolice.bsky.social SWAT unit raises eyebrows. tinyurl.com/44wmdtdr @mayorbmscott.bsky.social administration to lease building for nearly double the asking price, committing city to spending $9.3 million over the next 12 years.
April 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Lease of former margarine factory by @baltimorepolice.bsky.social SWAT unit raises eyebrows. tinyurl.com/44wmdtdr @mayorbmscott.bsky.social administration to lease building for nearly double the asking price, committing city to spending $9.3 million over the next 12 years.
Reporter barred from meeting of union representing Baltimore sanitation workers tinyurl.com/mwyvaw4k We don’t want any media here,” AFSCME Local 44 President Dorothy Bryant said after @BaltimoreBrew
came to hear workers demand better representation by the union. @mayorbmscott.bsky.social
came to hear workers demand better representation by the union. @mayorbmscott.bsky.social
April 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Reporter barred from meeting of union representing Baltimore sanitation workers tinyurl.com/mwyvaw4k We don’t want any media here,” AFSCME Local 44 President Dorothy Bryant said after @BaltimoreBrew
came to hear workers demand better representation by the union. @mayorbmscott.bsky.social
came to hear workers demand better representation by the union. @mayorbmscott.bsky.social