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POSTED July 18, 9:15 PM
Lots of events this weekend. Earlier today I ran from Charles Village to Mount Vernon and passed through the expanded Artscape. North Avenue has not looked that alive (in a good way) in years. I usually see so few people on the streets and today I saw so many young people starting at 29th street walking to Artscape related events. If only all of those people voted! Sunday is the Jessamy Fire Burns gathering at the farmers' market under the JFX starting at 9AM and lasting at least until 10AM. Anna will be near the Saratoga street entrance to the market across from Sonar. I just got late word that there may be a few surprise observers there. I will be there covering the event and maybe I will get a chance to meet a few of my loyal readers in person. It will be a great chance for those of you who want to to talk to Anna to have some words with her. More information can be found here. A few people have brought up that Patricia Jessamy is being let off the hook for all this by focusing too much attention on Margaret Burns. The words were Burns but the lack of action has to be attributed to Jessamy. Over at the Ron Smith show page there are some great clips of Jim Kraft expressing his views on the Margaret Burns situation. There also is a poll there where 71% of the people responding say Burns should be fired immediately. I give credit to Jim Kraft for expressing his opinion. I also give credit to Bill Cole and Bill Henry for taking time to respond. Those are the only three local public officials to say anything. I did hear a rumor that Belinda Conaway was asked a surprise question in reference to the Burns controversy on the C4 show on WBAL by a person calling in. C4 deflected the question. Anna clearly has some very loyal supporters. Keep on emailing your local leaders. It does maker a difference! Here is a link to email addresses of house of delegates and state senate reps from Baltimore City. They should also be contacted since Margaret Burns is a state employee. Have a great weekend and try to make a difference. |
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POSTED May 5, 4:23 PM
On Thursday I ran in to a hardcore Michael Sarbanes supporter. We talked about life and a little bit about politics. He mentioned how Baltimore is a machine city. He was basically saying that in the 2007 election it was a very good idea to be associated with the Dixon team in some way (Sarbanes was not and he did not win). You can actually trace the roots even deeper. I did some research to find out what campaigns received contributions from Friends of Martin O'Malley. I have noticed that certain people immediately think higher of you if you have the blessings of O'Malley. Many people blindly vote for who O'Malley tells them to.Of the fifteen people including Council President Dixon who were part of the council prior to 2007, thirteen of them had at one time received contributions from Friends of Martin O'Malley. Nick D'Adamo and Belinda Conaway were the only members not to receive O'Malley money. The current council has a few new people, but out of them only Nick D'Adamo, Belinda Conaway, Warren Branch, and Bill Henry did not receive funds from Friends of Martin O'Malley. So clearly it pays off to seek the support of the Governor and to join his machine. In my eyes there is something very respectable about attaining office without being part of the machine. Out of the four people that did not receive O'Malley financial aid one clearly rises to the top. I think all of you should seek out and meet Bill Henry of the 4th district. I don't even want to call him a politician because he is just a real person that is honest, smart, and nice. He is also one of the few full-time members of city council (most collect $57,000 of your tax money a year by making city council a part time job!). Today I am proud to be the first journalist or pseudo-journalist (no way am I a real journalist!) to proclaim that not only should Bill Henry be our future mayor but he should be our current mayor! Keep an eye on him. |

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