Wasn’t this guy a powerhouse for decades or some shit?

Why not just plead it out and pay some hefty fines the accused crimes pretty minor and nobody cares

Manicpixiedreamgrl has the language I’d use.

Everyone knows that the First Amendment does not allow for screaming "FIRE" in a crowded theater or saying anything your landlord doesn't want you to say.

C'mon, OP. THINK!!! Your landlord has no ability to limit your First Amendment rights. They cannot tell you what you can say, nor to whom.

well that is not law so does not really matter. Makes for good inscription though.

I will rather walk

Tagential, but does the Baltimore Banner pay by the word?

>The area around McGrath’s Raffia Preserve home in Naples is quiet, a gated community off a main road that features new-build strip malls with restaurants such as Five Guys and Dunkin’ Donuts. Inside the community, the exterior of McGrath’s house was quiet, with no police presence.

>A large, wood-paneled courtroom was set for the trial. Clipboards with jury questionnaire answer sheets were set out at dozens of auditorium-style seats.

if they're that easily bought, then we didn't want them as councilmembers. that's why the "but what about the institutional knowledge" argument does not work.

either

1. they care about the city, they will take a (well-paid) job that allows them to still assist incoming members. or
2. they don't care and were just in it to make money, in which case WE WANT THEM GONE.

Not an attorney, but your landlord is a shitbag.

I'll say this -- compared to a few of the last Mayors we've had, he seems like a major improvement, at least based on him not being involved with literal crimes (that I know of?)

I would vote for him again at the current rate, just to give him some more time to move things forward. Like you, I don't think expecting miracles in one term is terribly realistic.

With that said, I'd still be interested to learn what things he's done that some folks find genuinely incompetent.

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Well for one people are still getting murdered in Baltimore. Also the schools aren't fixed and income inequality is still rampant.

/s obviously. I just am tired of people acting like Scott should have turned the city around overnight or that any mayor really has any chance of doing it alone. Baltimore is in a supremely difficult situation and is frankly not equipped to tackle it alone. Unfortunately every decade or so the rest of Maryland elects someone determined to further degrade the city and the US at large has limited desire to do anything that would make progress on systemic issues in any city nationwide. It's really crazy that people think firing Brandon Scott into the sun will magically turn it all around.

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Agreed on RCV. Alaska uses that exact system but with top 4, Nevada adopted top 5 in November.

> if you're on the city council and you actually care about the city, your institutional knowledge won't be lost because you will take a job as either staff for a particular elected individual, or you will work some other role in the city government and maintain availability to answer questions and advise council members

They’ll go straight into lobbying firms and that’s who will hold the power in the city. This happens every time in every state where legislative term limits get enacted. I think executive term limits are good and healthy, but legislative don’t tend to work out well.

Can you give a few examples of his policies you find to be incompetent? I don't feel I have a great read on what he's actually been up to while in office, frankly.

I do generally find him to be thoughtful when speaking on complex issues. But that's not policy.

Lol you used the word “baltimore” and “republican” in the same sentence… the epitome of an oxymoron

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On the lam together! Sexy!

Paddlin to Cuba!

Yeah. I don’t hate the trains. I hate the car manufacturers for not letting trains be better

Spicy!!

The judge issued a warrant for his arrest. Do you want her patrolling the streets for him?

And a threat

New infill housing in a dense, walkable area like Locus Point will result in far less CO2 emissions than in a sprawled out suburb. If you want to criticize material waste in housing, criticize the suburban McMansion hell that characterizes most of America.

Second. Fuck the landlord.

boy this sounds strangely familiar to a terrible landlord my friend had in charles village…she was racist, threatened legal action for my friend leaving a review, did a shoddy job of fixing anything (aka her husband literally built boxes around holes in the wall instead of just patching the wall), and would just schedule walk throughs seemingly deliberately when her tenant asked her not to. good luck and gtfo of there :)