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RT @justin_fenton: The $300k outside consultants have descended on BPD headquarters
How a municipality that filed for bankruptcy is dealing with it: "Jefferson County Debt Plan Is Costly" on.wsj.com/15ebQWJ via @WSJ
Jefferson County Debt Plan Is Costly
online.wsj.com — The plan by Jefferson County, Ala., to emerge from bankruptcy protection hinges in part on the sale of $1.9 billion of new debt this fall to refinance debt tied to its troubled sewer system. But some observers are calling terms of the new debt onerous.
Um. Canadian mayors. "In Montreal, Mayor Held on Charges of Bribery" (cc: @robyndoolittle) nyti.ms/17gpWhk
Montreal Mayor Faces Bribery Charges
nytimes.com — OTTAWA - The mayor of Montreal was arrested at his home early Monday by a special anticorruption police squad, at the same time that a 20-month-old public commission has uncovered widespread corruption in Montreal's construction industry linking politicians and organized crime.
What's this I hear abt @CouncilmanBMS & @councilmanmosby taking on @SenBillFerg & @KeifferMitchell in basketball? And how do I get tickets?
Lower property taxes, but higher fees for city residents baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/…
Lower property taxes, but higher fees for city residents
baltimoresun.com — Baltimore residents will pay less in property taxes, but more in storm water and taxi fees under a $2.4 billion budget approved by the City Council Monday. The cut will reduce the property tax payments on a home valued at $200,000 by about $140.
The Sun launches internship named for former newsroom leader (by @stevekilar) baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/…
The Sun launches internship named for former newsroom leader
baltimoresun.com — The Baltimore Sun Media Group is launching a paid summer internship in honor of Mary J. Corey, the first woman to lead The Baltimore Sun newsroom. The internship was announced Monday at a memorial dedication for Corey, who died earlier this year of breast cancer.
City Council passed @mayorsrb's budget today, with lower property taxes for city residents but new stormwater fees and a tax on cab rides
City Council postpones vote on Styrofoam ban (by @yvonnewenger) baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/…
Baltimore City postponed vote to ban Styrofoam
baltimoresun.com — The Baltimore City Council postponed action Monday on a bill that would have banned the use of Styrofoam cups and containers for carryout food and drinks after several members withdrew their support. Councilman James B. Kraft, the bill's chief sponsor, said he is still hopeful Baltimore can become the first major East Coast city to adopt such a ban.
RT @yvonnewenger: Busy day at City Hall: On tap, Styrofoam ban, budget passage, new storm water fee & property tax cut. More later from me …
Here's video from the mass wedding at #baltimorepride, officiated by @mayorsrb: baltimoresun.com/videogallery/7…
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake officiates a mass wedding for same-sex couples [video] -- baltimoresun.com
baltimoresun.com — Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake officiates a mass wedding for same-sex couples during the Baltimore Pride Festival held Sunday, June 16, 2013 at Druid Hill Park.Have a Story?
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