Normally the ins and outs of our fair city’s political machinery is fairly dull and not necessarily worthy of note, but boy howdy today is quite the day of interest on the Baltimore City Council’s draft agenda. Don’t believe me? SEE FOR YOURSELF. Possibly the most important issue being discussed is the resolution for Split-Level property taxation, which was recently passed by Washington, DC in an effort to dissuade property owners from squatting blighted properties (“…to establish a split-level property tax rate wherein vacant, nonoccupiable or uninhabitable properties would be taxed at a higher rate than occupiable or habitable properties” in legalspeak). This issue is hella important and has been dealt with ad blueintheface by the prolific and successful Baltimore Slumlord Watch. And let’s face it, with 30k abandoned properties, the city … Read entire article »