On Friday there was a water bill protest in front of Baltimore's city hall. I walked to the Charm City Circulator and took it down to city hall. It is no longer running every 10 minutes. I had to wait at least 15 minutes in front of Penn Station at 4PM. I arrived at City Hall at 4:30. There were not many people at the protest despite the great weather. It was the start of a long weekend and unfortunately people in Baltimore are lazy and complacent when it comes to protesting political issues. There were some notable people in attendance:
- Linda Stewart- The Water Bill Woman
- Michael Eugene Johnson- Baltimore City Council candidate in the 9th district
- Adam Van Bavel- Baltimore City Council candidate in the 10th district
- Morning Sunday-Hettleman- Former Green party candidate
- Andy Galli- Almost ran for State Senate in the 46th district
- David Anthony Wiggins- Republican Candidate for Sheriff of Baltimore
Two television stations showed up and recorded some footage. I have no idea if they aired stories about the protest. People who were randomly walking by were drawn in by the numerous large printed spreadsheets that lined the fence in front of city hall. These spreadsheets showed some of the water billing irregularities that currently exist in Baltimore. The Water Bill Woman's web page has all of these spreadsheets on it.
I left the protest at 5:15 and started to walk to the Fayette street Charm City Circulator stop. I took a photo of Jack Young's private parking spot in front of city hall before I left (the photo is on the side of this article). Did he really need a new sign?
At 5:29 the Charm City Circulator update sign at the Fayette street stop said that bus was not expected for 22 minutes. I decided that it would be faster to walk back to Reservoir Hill instead of waiting around for a bus that would have to navigate rush hour traffic on Charles street and only drop me off at Penn Station. I was home by 6:13.
Comments
Alan it is more important to get a new sign to tell people your name and position than it is to look into this matter. We can sponsor and fund investigations into everything accept what the people want investigating. We can sponsor council junkets off the tax payer even after being given a PBJ (PROBATION before judgement) which by the way means you are GUILTY that is why they got probation, they just got off with a light sentence from their cronies in the black robes. It's house clean-in time in Baltimore, Maryland and the Federal Governments. I as these questions in closing to my Baltimoreans "Are you much better off now than you were 1- 2 years ago? How well have you looked into the record of teh incumbent to see how they voted on issues that were contrary to your family values, community morals, and financial well-being? If you can truly answer those questions about your incumbent then go ahead and pull that switch or push that button. If not then time to kick the bum out. Stop listening to those idiotic incumbent commercial stating what they have done and what they promise to do. If they have not done it now, they never will no it.
Adam,
Thank you for covering this important issue. Just to set the record straight I was supporting this event and our ongoing work with Linda Stewart in my capacity as Md Director of the national organization Clean Water Action and am always advocating for consumers in my former role as Executive Director of The Maryland Consumer Rights Coaltion.
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