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$65 million deficit for fiscal year 2010 in Baltimore

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November 17, 2:51 PM

by Adam Meister, Baltimore Politics Examiner

Baltimore needs to cut its budget by $65 million! Here is Mayor Sheila Dixon's official press release pertaining to the matter.

Here is a quote from the press release:

"The $65 million deficit in FY 2010 is a result of the country’s current economic crisis, and the continuing problems in the housing market. As a result, collection from recordation taxes is steeply declining. At the same time, the cost of maintaining city service, such as pension contributions and health care, continues to rise"

So it has nothing to do with horrible budgeting and wastefulness of or local bureaucracy? Are you saying we could not have planned ahead two years ago when everyone knew the real estate market was going to slow down?

Pension contributions and health care costs continue to rise for former and current city employees. Why is this? Could it be because of the unions getting just about every single demand they have ever made of Baltimore's leadership? Unions are great organizations up to a point. When they start to bankrupt cities then we have a major problem. Soon it may come down to taking care of former employees of the city who have long ago moved away or maintaining Baltimore for its current residents. What would you rather do?

For more info: Today Citigroup announced major layoffs. In May I talked about some of these layoffs before they happened.

Topics: Sheila Dixon , Baltimore City , Budget

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The City of Detroit wants $10 billion bailout

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November 16, 11:36 AM

The City of Detroit wants $10 billion bailout. The unemployment rate in Michigan is close to 9%! The federal government set a precedent by giving the banks almost a a trillion dollars. Everyone is asking for money now. Massive inflation is on the way.... Read More
Topics: Baltimore City , bailout , Johns Hopkins

The Mayor's trip to Egypt and other wasteful government travel expenses

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November 13, 10:03 AM

The Baltimore Sun finally mentioned the Mayor's ridiculous trip to Egypt. Why the Sun did not make a big deal out of it or even mention it before this article is beyond me. The paper of record for this town has little critical analysis of the mayor... Read More
Topics: City Council , Government waste , Patricia Jessamy , Sheila Dixon , Baltimore Sun , Baltimore City , Budget

Murder on my block

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November 11, 5:22 PM

I was out very late last night. When I arrived home there was quite a scene on my block. Here is the actual email I sent out last night before I knew what was really going on: "On a very related note. I got home at about 2:45 AM tonight right in... Read More
Topics: crime , Baltimore City , Pennrose

Jemini Jones: Would you hire this man?

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October 30, 10:41 AM

Luke Broadwater wrote an excellent article in the Baltimore Examiner last week about former cop Jemini Jones. I have not heard much talk about it so I want to encourage all of you to read it and I want to discuss it here. Jemini Jones was a policeman... Read More
Topics: crime , drugs , police , Baltimore City , Jemini Jones

Big Brother says to vote for more spending

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October 21, 8:40 AM

The City of Baltimore is running banner ads that link to this official city web site. If you visit the site you will notice how it actually takes a political stand and tells you to vote yes on numerous ballot questions. All of these questions involve... Read More
Topics: taxes , Baltimore City , Budget , elections 2008

Observations From Thursday's Property Tax Hearing

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September 14, 2:28 PM

The City Council's Special Committee on Property Tax Relief held a public hearing on Thursday at 4PM. I arrived at city hall a few minutes after 4PM (I was late because I walked from Reservoir Hill to city hall) and took the elevator to the hearing... Read More
Topics: taxes , Jack Young , Jim Kraft , Bill Henry , Helen Holton , Sheila Dixon , Bill Cole , Baltimore City , Jody Landers

Should Baltimore Leaders Attend The Democratic Convention?

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August 21, 9:08 AM

The 2008 Democratic National Convention is next week and quite a few Baltimore leaders will be in attendance. One Baltimore politician joked on his facebook page that he was prepared to be "the only elected Democrat left on the East Coast next... Read More
Topics: Jack Young , Keiffer Mitchell , Maggie McIntosh , Nathaniel McFadden , Baltimore City , Verna Jones , Cheryl Glenn , Catherine Pugh

Cleaner, Greener, And Bloodier?

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August 18, 6:47 AM

One of Mayor Dixon's biggest campaigns has been her Cleaner, Greener Baltimore Initiative. She has promoted new bike trails, talked about hybrid vehicles, started an anti-litter campaign, and tried to market herself as the cleaner/greener mayor of Baltimore.... Read More
Topics: Parks , Sheila Dixon , Baltimore City

Jessamy in Baltimore Magazine, Fire Burns Petition, And More

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August 1, 11:01 AM

Baltimore Magazine is famous for its fluff pieces. Well here is one they just did about Patricia Jessamy. As usual the media distracts us with the civil rights history of Jessamy and her family. Those actions were very important in the 1960s, but just... Read More
Topics: Patricia Jessamy , Zach Sowers , Margaret Burns , Anna Sowers , Jessamy , Baltimore City , State's Attorney , Burns