Well it would seem the city council’s long standing tradition of trying to tax literally anything and everything under the guise of environmental or safety concerns has come to a head this week, as the now nearly two year old issue (1, 2, 3) of the city’s efforts to ban/tax plastic bag usage at grocery […]
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Obligatory Stephanie Rawlings Blake Suggestion Post – Pt. 2
(part 1) More community gardens absolutely everywhere Remember those 30,000 vacant properties I mentioned earlier? Yeah they aren’t really helping the economy in Baltimore. But you know what would, while simultaneously raising morale/property values/a sense of community in the immediate area? Raze a few of them and convert the plots into community gardens. Obviously this […]
Obligatory Stephanie Rawlings Blake Suggestion Post – Pt. 1
My EX-girlfriend Sheila Dixon (we had a falling out over a time share) will no longer mayor in just over a week. My NEW girlfriend, Stephanie Rawlings Blake (or SRB, as she signs her emails) will be transitioning into office, and the time for a new-but-not-really-but-maybe-it-will be era of Baltimore progress is waiting in the […]
City Council Update 12/10/2009
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 […]
Fells Point Fun Festival canceled in favor of tax hike
Facing severe budget shortfalls in the upcoming fiscal year, the decision was passed down during Monday’s city council meeting to forgo this year’s 43rd annual Fells Point Fun Festival in favor of a $5 “fun tax” designed to boost awareness concerning the amount of fun that can be had in Baltimore City, and simultaneously bridge […]
Councilman Bill Cole and I discuss pit beef
Despite the fact that lately I seem to be posting nothing but other people’s meals and plates of nachos, I still leave oodles and oodles of comments all over the Baltimore interwebs with concern for area politics. Which is why the other day when I read a twofer set of articles posted by Baltimore Brew […]