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In a spiritual/physical followup to @evanthemayor‘s last piece regarding the Census (What’s in a number? Disputing the 2010 Census – 07/18/2012), and the city’s dispute of Baltimore’s population numbers, comes this collaboration between a few City That Breeds authors and various Internet commenters. “It’s such amazing news… It’s huge psychologically,” said Seema D. Iyer, […]
Hello CTB Family, Your friendly neighborhood self-appointed Bishop here. Today I’m going to get serious on you. It was a hard morning for my family. I want to talk about the MSAs, or the Maryland School Assessment test. On a normal day of school my son’s classroom is focused on challenging the kids to create, […]
Dennis The Cynic delivers his previously promised analysis of our illustrious mayor’s 10 year plan, State of the City, and all that other good stuff as mentioned on our previous podcast. Consider it your weekend homework assignment, Baltimore! The document: http://www.baltimorecity.gov/portals/0/agencies/finance/changetogrow.pdf The Mayor, Live: http://live.baltimorecity.gov/ If the past few weeks has shown us anything it’s that Baltimore […]
City that Breeds Family, something happened last week that has left me sad, frustrated, and pondering the state of discourse in our culture. To be clear, I ain’t takin’ sides. I’m pissed at both camps. Everyone involved is behaving like immature jerks. The issue that has me so fired up is the conversation that has […]
If we’re serious about improving the voting process, don’t stop at Question K. Last month, voters in Baltimore City approved Question K, also known as House Bill 250, formerly known as Council Bill 12-0023, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and the Baltimore City Council’s flawed solution to a problem that didn’t exist. For too long, Baltimore City […]
Mayor to celebrate 110th anniversary of Great Baltimore Fire, begins with Firefighter cuts. City Hall, Baltimore – A jubilant Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake Hologram announced that Baltimore will celebrate the 110th anniversary of the Great Baltimore Fire of 1904. The event, which is scheduled for February 7th and 8th, 2014 (and has the tentative name of […]