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 […]
Tag: development
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 […]
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 […]
Super. Awesome. Haiku. Contest. – The winner is…
Welp, I received a whopping seven entries for our “essence of Harbor East” haiku contest, some via Twitter, email and commentary. Here are the ones I felt I could comment on.
Southeastern District to be renamed, placed under dome
After recent reports of a massive shooting spree resulting in the death of two and wounding of 17 people on Sunday, and with 13 murders thus far this year and dozens of shootings, the Southeastern District of Baltimore is now to be renamed “The Terrordrome” and placed under the world’s most massive geodesic dome. The […]
Urban Shrinkage – is it for Baltimore?
US cities may have to be bulldozed in order to survive: The government is looking at expanding a pioneering scheme in Flint, one of the poorest US cities, which involves razing entire districts and returning the land to nature. Local politicians believe the city must contract by as much as 40 per cent, concentrating the […]