Baltimore Politics Examiner

A man is shot in the head in the middle of one of the most controversial liquor establishments in Baltimore on Saturday, but it is open again today.

Richard Bittner, the lawyer for the store, threatened to file a law suit if the store was not allowed to open and generate revenue.  The liquor board did not want it to open by they were forced to reinstate the liquor license.

Stephan Fogleman, the head of the board, expects there to be another hearing in about ten days.  He says the board's main legislative goals in the house of delegates/State Senate this coming year will be to gain powers to gain emergency powers. He feels there will be no abuse of discretion amongst the three board members since they are all experienced professionals with diverse backgrounds and are known throughout many communities.

This is a sad day for Reservoir Hill.  I have been meaning to compile a list of politicians who have received money from KAGRO (Korean-American Grocers and Licensed Beverage Association of Maryland).  When the liquor board originally decided to close Linden Liquors there were many state level politicians who were very angry for some reason.  KAGRO was also annoyed.  I wonder if after this shooting they finally get it?

"Adam, Margaret Burns should be FIRED,and Patricia Jessamy should apologize to the
family and citizens of Baltimore."

So that makes two elected officials (Jim Kraft and Ed Reisinger) who support the firing of Margaret
Burns.  Steve Fogleman who is an unelected official also publicly supports the firing.  The Mayor of
Baltimore has yet to give her opinion.

Here is a story about the gathering from the Baltimore Sun.

You can view some videos and photos from Sunday's gathering here.

At the gathering it was announced that on Thursday at noon in front of the Mitchell Courthouse there
will be a rally/press conference that will put more pressure on Patricia Jessamy to fire Burns.

Here are two more photos from Sunday:

This email is floating around Reservoir Hill. It describes what apparently happened inside and outside of Linden Bar and Liquors.

"Late last night, around 10:45 I'm figuring, someone was shot at point blank range in Linden Bar and Liquors / Linden Lounge. The suspect apparently fled up the 2000 block Jordan Alley and cut across Ducatel to 2200 block Linden. Guy was quite a sprinter and was carrying a gun from all reports. Police chasing him called out for him to stop, he shot one round at them and they shot one round back at him (shots at 10:51pm). Police were a ways back in their foot pursuit. He ditched his gun and disappeared from them around 2235 Linden. Police response was quite awesome at that point, scouring the streets and alleys. Eventually a state trooper bloodhound was brought in and the path led straight to a vacant on Brookfield. As of late last night they hadn't found the suspect. Also I had no report on the victim in the liquor store, except for police saying it was from close range, he wasn't moving, and appeared dead. Neither police or suspect look to have been hit when they exchanged fire.

The assumption is now that the liquor store can finally just be padlocked for public health reasons."

Channel 2 gave this description of last nights events.

"Margaret Burns salary is believed to be $115,425.00. Based on information provided to me and the matching "exec level 1" job class with the state! No exact amount for communications division but is included in the budget under "administration-direction and control"-- ($3.483 million) of the $37 million budget of that agency. Shocking."

"And my record speaks for itself."