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City Council Is About to Sneak In A Federal Hill Development Amendment

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June 9, 4:02 PM

by Adam Meister, Baltimore Politics Examiner

The email below this post has been floating around message boards and email accounts for the last few hours. It appears that if the amendment in question passes that there will be even more development in Federal Hill brought to us by HarborView Properties.

On Thursday BILL 08-0117 passed its hearing thanks to a vote from HarborView resident and 5th District (and HarborView is NOT in the 5th district) city councilwoman Rikki Spector. You can read a little bit more about Ms. Spector here and here. The second article shows that Rikki gets to live in her condo at HarborView for free for the rest of her life.

Ms. Spector has been a member of the council since I was 6 months old in 1977. The following is what happens when citizens of Baltimore continually vote for the same people over and over again:

"Hey Gang!

The long and the short of my intrusion is to point out the City Council is about to sneak through an amendment that allows a local developer to circumvent the past efforts of FHNA (and other Peninsula organizations) in trying to curtail the unbridled growth along Key Highway. BILL 08-0117 passed its hearing on Thursday and is going to full Council vote tonight, Monday. It doesn't give us much time to mount an opposition, which of course explains the Council's urgent need for accelerated legislation.

My apologies if you have already received a request to sign the petition below. If you haven't acted as of yet, please take a few moments, read the message below from FHNA President Paul Robinson and enlighten yourself on how a member of the City Council be given a "the right to live in a one-bedroom condominium at Harborview, Unit 1109, until she dies, at no charge" and not recuse herself from voting in last Thursday's hearing that greatly benefited the owner of her condominium building.

If you agree with me that City Council back room politics need to stop, then please sign the petition and pass it along to as many friends and neighbors who you think would be opposed to the "business as usual" attitude taken on by our elected City officials.

The Online Petition of Opposition is now up and active. Please add your name (and encourage everyone you know to do so) right now. Only your address will be visible to City leaders.

And please try to attend tonight's City Council Meeting tonight at 5pm as a demonstration of your Opposition to construction of more skyscrapers on the HarborView Property."
Topics: Rikki Spector , Federal Hill

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I name names- Who gave money to pro-slots groups

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December 1, 12:01 PM

For the last few months I have been talking about how the pro-slots people would raise a lot more money than the anti-slots people. The Sun reports that this is exactly what happened. Below is a list of entities that gave more than $3000 to... Read More
Topics: Slots , Peter Angelos

Baltimore sustainability plan meeting with Sheila Dixon

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November 30, 11:37 PM

Check out this bureaucratic chart. We sure do have a lot of departments and offices. The office of sustainability is part of the department of planning. It is new and somewhat ambiguous. Below is an email I received last week... Read More
Topics: Sheila Dixon , Office of Sustainability

Water bills and the water bill woman

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November 29, 4:16 PM

Water bills infuriate many citizens of Baltimore every 3 months or so. A water bill is one of the most frustrating aspects of Baltimore city living. The water billing process is mysterious and for some it seems to be random. If... Read More
Topics: Jack Young , water bills

The Confiscated Assets for Neighborhoods (CAN) grant program bill

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November 28, 12:27 PM

The following email from Bill Henry is floating around cyberspace. I thought I would share it: "I am writing to ask you to support my Confiscated Assets for Neighborhoods (CAN) grant program bill, which is currently being considered by the City... Read More
Topics: Bill Henry

Miscellaneous Thanksgiving thoughts

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November 27, 2:26 PM

There is supposed to be a massive redevelopment project at the Rotunda in Hampden. It has not started yet though. The developers are not worried about the 800 employees of nearby Zurich leaving. If I was a potential retailer who was looking for space... Read More
Topics: Slots , developers

A sad trip back to my 92Q article

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November 25, 5:08 PM

Yesterday when I was about to pick up my trash can in the alley behind my house I saw something that made me flashback to the 92Q piece I wrote last week. I saw a kid who was at most ten years old walking quickly down the alley. He would randomly stop... Read More
Topics: drugs , Reservoir Hill , 92Q

Could Stephanie Rawlings-Blake end up Lieutenant Governor?

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November 25, 8:26 AM

There is a rumor going around that states that Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown is being considered for a spot in the Obama cabinet. If he is selected then Governor Martin O'Malley must pick a person to replace him. On the Baltimore Sun message board... Read More
Topics: Martin O'Malley , Stephanie Rawlings-Blake , Peter Franchot

Ben Cardin emails me back about the bailout after two months

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November 24, 11:00 AM

At the end of September I wrote Senator Ben Cardin about voting against the trillion dollar bank bailout. On Friday night his office finally wrote me back. The email is below. The email has a lot of words but basically says nothing. Nebulous... Read More
Topics: bailout , Ben Cardin

Section 8 rentals in your neighborhood

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November 22, 9:43 PM

Many home owners in Baltimore can not stand section 8 renters. Section 8 renters are notoriously horrible neighbors who trash their houses and cause all sorts of disturbances. I know this is not the politically correct thing to say but it is true.... Read More
Topics: developers , section 8