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Video From NAACP Meeting About Slots- What the Mayor And Governor Really Thought
Pigtown's Frustration Evident At Crime Summit
Shame On Elijah Cummings And The Maryland Congressional Delegation.
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    Ethics Complaint Filed Against Rikki Spector

    June 16, 10:35 PM
     
     
    A formal complaint has been filed against Councilwoman Rikki Spector with the Baltimore City Board of Ethics. You can view a copy of the first page of the official complaint here. 

    As you can read the complaint is based on Spector casting the deciding vote on bill 08-0117 (The Urban Renewal - Key Highway - Amendment) while it was still in committee.  Rikki Spector lives in the HarborView development (even though she is supposed to live in and represent a district in Northwest Baltimore) and has received campaign contributions from the developer.  It is important to note that the 3 councilmen (Cole, Reisinger, and Kraft) representing districts on the water voted against this amendment.

    Even if the ethics board lets this slide the final say is really with Mayor Dixon.  She has the final say in making the amendment official.  We will be watching....
    Candidates Account Contributor Name(Address) Amount Date Received Contribution Type
    Dixon, Sheila Friends For Harborview Limited Partnership No. 7
    (500 Harborview Drive 3rd Floor,
    Baltimore, MD, 21230)    		 $250.00 04/23/2007 Business Entity
    Dixon, Sheila Friends For HARBORVIEW LIMITED PARTNERSHIP NO.3
    (500 HARBORVIEW DRIVE, 3RD FL. ,
    BALTIMORE, MD, 21230)    		 $500.00 08/04/2003 Business Entity
    Dixon, Sheila Friends For HARBORVIEW LIMITED PARTNERSHIP NO.3
    (112 E. 25TH STREET ,
    BALTIMORE, MD, 21218)    		 $250.00 05/22/2001 Ticket purchases by Business Entity
    Remarks: 2001 PRAYER BREAKFAST
    Spector, Rikki Friends Of Harborview
    (112 E. 25th St. ,
    Baltimore, MD, 21218)    		 $500.00 12/05/2000 Business Entity
    Dixon, Sheila Friends For Richard Swirnow
    (500 Harbor View Dr 3rd Floor,
    Baltimore, MD, 21230-5415)    		 $250.00 04/05/2006 Individual
    Spector, Rikki Friends Of RICHARD SWIRNOW
    (114 E. 25TH STREET ,
    BALTIMORE, MD, 21212)    		 $500.00 05/15/2003 Individual

    Topics: Rikki Spector , Federal Hill
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    Video From NAACP Meeting About Slots- What the Mayor And Governor Really Thought

    October 7, 3:35 PM
    The following is a must see video from the NAACP meeting about slots:     It starts out with some theatrics from Doc Cheatham, but intertwined with his sometimes hilarious words are hard disgraceful facts about Martin O'Malley and Sheila Dixon.... Read More
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    Pigtown's Frustration Evident At Crime Summit

    October 6, 9:16 AM
    The people of Pigtown have been very frustrated with the revolving door criminal justice system of Baltimore for the past few years. I have posted summaries that dealt with crime summits they have held to address specific concerns. Below is an email... Read More
    Topics: Patricia Jessamy , pigtown , Dan Cosgrove
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    Shame On Elijah Cummings And The Maryland Congressional Delegation.

    October 4, 1:33 PM
    The irresponsible banker bailout bill was approved by congress and signed into law by the President this week. Roscoe Bartlett was the only member of the Maryland congressional delegation who voted against it. I am appalled that Elijah Cummings voted... Read More
    Topics: Elijah Cummings , Roscoe Bartlett
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    Report From The Live Entertainment Ordinance Hearing

    October 3, 12:15 PM
    Yesterday at City Hall there was a hearing to discuss the proposed live entertainment ordinance (read the official legislative file here). Below is an email I received that describes what happened at the hearing.  In these times of economic uncertainty... Read More
    Topics: Federal Hill , Stephanie Rawlings-Blake , Live Entertainment
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    Sheila Dixon And 2101 East Biddle Street

    October 2, 3:14 PM
    Today the Sun came out with an informative piece about the Mayor Dixon investigation. It appears that the state is interested in investigating four development projects with which Ronald H. Lipscomb is involved. The Sun mentions a project at 2101 East... Read More
    Topics: Sheila Dixon , Ronald Lipscomb
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    Dixon, Slots, And More.

    October 1, 8:52 PM
    Rosh Hashanah is over so I am back to naming names and exposing the underbelly of local politics. WBAL TV finally gave us a Mayor Dixon investigation update on Tuesday. So far they are the only media outlet to give a recent update about this saga. One... Read More
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    Pigtown Fights The Revolving Door Criminal Justice System

    September 29, 5:38 PM
    In the past I have posted about crime in Pigtown and what the proactive neighbors are doing down there to fight it. Well they are at it again! Some citizens of Pigtown are about to have another crime summit with the police and the State's Attorney's... Read More
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    Police Involved Shooting In Reservoir Hill- Baltimore in Miniature

    September 28, 11:58 PM
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    Proposed Live Entertainment Ordinance Causes Controversy

    September 27, 11:07 PM
    The proposed live entertainment ordinance is causing a lot of controversy in the Baltimore entertainment community. I have already received two emails about it and there is a post about it in this City Paper blog. Below is part of an email I received:... Read More
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