Is there an email for folks to comment in case they can't attend? Looks like a lot of folks in here want speed management a separated lane along the whole corridor, would be great if they could send that to someone.

I agree with your larger points but

>The Charm City Circulator almost exclusively serves rich white communities. In fact, this is the case for much of the public transport in the city.

Not really true at all.

Money is a pretty major factor in a on call 24/7 executive role overseeing a massive budget.

I am not talking about the performance of an individual. You keep talking about if they have earned their pay. I would argue they in fact have not. But you seem to think getting rid of them and offering to pay a new person less is something that will improve our ability to hire more competent leadership, which I find fascinating.

Do you think we'll attract stronger talent if we pay that position less?

So you think we'll attract stronger talent if we pay less for the position?

The true dialogue? Is this some weird code word? I asked a simple question that you both seem a bit hesitant to answer.

Ok but I'm curious:

>Do you think we'll attract stronger talent if we pay that position less?

>Do you think we'll attract stronger talent if we pay that position less?

Why is it infuriating that we pay the schools CEO a reasonable if not uncompetitive salary for a position of extraordinary challenge and responsibility? Do you think we'll attract stronger talent if we pay that position less?

We have audits and we have an independent OIG. I swear to god the folks that complain the most about our fucked government know the least about it.

A standard bike lane next to parked cars that kills bicycle riders and increases crossing distance for pedestrians resulting in them being hit and killed as well is the model that should be followed? Brilliant.

Dropping a yield for peds sign that the city runs out of because they're run over so much is the model? Also brilliant.

We should definitely listen to you and not peer reviewed research on what makes safer streets.

Damn have you seen all the signs, meters, striping, poles, signals, multiple thousand pound hurtling metal boxes, and more uglier shit on every street in the city?

Or in Hogan's case:

Follow all of these steps knowing it's vaporware, but that it will fool the electorate, so you can disrupt Maryland transit plans and continue using your power as governor to fund road widenings near your real estate firm's (that you did not put in a blind trust) holdings to make them more valuable.

Racists gonna racist

You can't have a grander system if you keep canceling every line in the system for 70 years.

>big developer, or some luxury apartment builder which we actually don’t want either

Who is we? I 100% would want luxury apartments or a big developer building in Mount Vernon instead of demolition and a prayer garden or surface lot. Are you kidding me with this?

Report the location to the company. If it isn't moved in 72 hours report it to the city. They'll fine the company and remove it.

They haven't listed the properties, so it's really impossible to say if there are any buyers.

Police make overtime. The median salary at BPD is in the 90s, and overtime pushes it into the 100s easily.

Can you point me to something that says "nearly all" of city elected officials have never held jobs outside of government? And to be clear you're specifically asserting Dorsey, Cohen, and Costello have never held jobs outside of government?

>Aren’t our elected officials supposed to do this for us too?

Well it really depends on what voters are asking of them. I'd certainly like them to expand worker rights and benefits. But that doesn't seem to be popular enough in this country. As I said, people are more interested in tearing down benefits for others than organizing for better conditions for all.

IMO the Fire/EMS pension vote should have been a loser that threw people out of office, but obviously our populace doesn't care that much about first responders getting good benefits given it was a politically inconsequential vote. That sucks and I disagree with it, but I'm clearly in the minority.

They get 2.5% of their highest salary x years served, and if elected after 2016 it's capped at 60% of their highest salary.

The pension for someone who ran for council, stayed on until they were term limited at 8 years, and retired would be about $15k annually. So anyone trying to use it as a get rich quick scheme as implied by folks in this thread would be...bad at getting rich quick? There are better ways to make money.

Yes, if you want to do this you can.

Perhaps you should lobby to have better working conditions in your job as well. The US really fucks over its workforce, and it's a uniquely American thing to respond to that by trying to erode employment benefits for others that have it better than you instead of advocating for better benefits for more people.

Voters decided we should have term limits despite research/evidence they're not a good idea, so I don't really take issue with pension matching the term limits. I do think it was a shitty time and way to go about it (thanks Nick Mosby). I hope the mayor vetoes it and council introduces an amendment to repeal term limits next election, giving a longer period of time for debate that isn't solely funded by a right wing billionaire.

I also have no issue with pension for councilmembers. I think they should be paid more and be full time. Being a good councilperson is a terrible job. I'd rather try to get more good people running and serving, even if it sometimes accidentally rewards a Robert Stokes.