Recent comments in /f/baltimore

YoYoMoMa t1_jbecsa9 wrote

Reply to comment by Cryptizard in Group backed by Sinclair Broadcast Group chair likely to push for referendum to allow Baltimore recall elections by aresef

>You're saying you wouldn't have liked the option to recall any of the Baltimore mayors that ultimately resigned in disgrace, but only after dragging their feet on investigations for years?

How long do you think recalls take broseph? Point me to all the states where recalls have worked well and not just lead to a ton of chaos and infighting.

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YoYoMoMa t1_jbecoo9 wrote

Reply to comment by Expendable_Red_Shirt in Group backed by Sinclair Broadcast Group chair likely to push for referendum to allow Baltimore recall elections by aresef

Recalls are often WAY too easy to get and then distract the elected official for an entire year while they raise money and campaign. It cuts their power and leads to a ton of infighting.

It is not like we have insane terms or anything. Even when Baltimore had lame duck mayors I didn't think things would be better if we were going through a recall.

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jcarlomars t1_jbe9uy9 wrote

Reply to Potentially moving to Baltimore by psychissick

I went to grad school in Boston and moved to Baltimore the day after graduation, could not get out of there fast enough. For me, only thing that Boston had over Baltimore was good public transit. I’ve been in Baltimore almost 10 years now (live about 2 miles from Loyola) and can’t say enough good things about the food and art scene. It’s an amazing place for creatives and no where near the levels of pretentious as Boston.

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todareistobmore t1_jbdiegx wrote

Reply to comment by rockybalBOHa in Group backed by Sinclair Broadcast Group chair likely to push for referendum to allow Baltimore recall elections by aresef

> If it passes and a recall election occurs at some point, then the people got exactly what they wanted.

Not necessarily, you can look at CA's rules, for instance--a recall petition only requires 12% of the voters in the prior election to trigger the recall.

> It seems to me that the criticism of these ballot measures is a veiled admittance that the electorate is inherently dumb and will vote against their own self interest

Not necessarily, you can look at CA's Chesa Boudin recall election, for instance, where the appointee who took his place (and won the special election) simply neglected to disclose that she'd earned 6 figures working as a consultant working on the recall campaign itself, and promptly fired everybody involved in addressing wrongful convictions and police misconduct. But hey, on the bright side, crime rates haven't come down either, so who's to say this isn't democracy in action?

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