I lived in Baltimore City from 1959-2004 and ran for the Baltimore City Council (then 1st District) on the GOP slate in 1999. In the 1980s I spent a lot of time in Fells Point/Little Italy area which was a part of the 1st district. Chesley Patterson, the general manager at La Scala restaurant, was found suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest in the 1700 block of Eastern Avenue around 12:30AM on 1/24/22 and later died. On 4/13/22 Samuel Wise was charged with first-degree murder of Patterson.
Some background on Baltimore City expansion. In 1817 the city expanded as far as North Avenue, a second move in 1888 up to about 40th Street, and a third in the early years of the 20th Century to close to its present day lines.
Earlier blog on Baltimore related topics: Rappin brown on Cambridge
April 20, 2022
Mayor Brandon Scott's reply to the 100th murder in Baltimore City this year: his violence prevention ecosystem. Mr Mayor, you need a nap.
April 24, 2022
This will probably end any chances for the Washington DC/Baltimore bid to host 2026 World Cup games. FedEx Field in Landover, Maryland, dropped out of bidding.
April 30, 2022
Three Maryland news organizations, The Daily Record, The Baltimore Sun, and The Baltimore Banner have requested that the court unseal documents in the federal case against Baltimore City State's Attorney Mosby. Mosby's lawyers want some documents sealed.
May 8, 2022
Former Baltimore City Mayor Catherine Pugh is back in her home in Ashburton, which was originally supposed to be part of her restitution deal with the Feds, after serving two years in federal prison. Plus, she may get a local radio talk show. Crime Pays!
May 17, 2022
Shooting in Federal Hill, which was part of the 1st District, when I ran for City Council in 1999. 1000 block of South Charles St, not far from the original Hammerjacks. In 1980 I rented an apartment on the 1100 block of William Street.
May 26, 2022
Scorched earth attack: Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby released a list of more than 300 Baltimore City police officers that her office claims have credibility issues. Total F'n mess!
June 14, 2022
Pelosi visited Baltimore yesterday to help unveil new home for fireboat named after her father, The Mayor Thomas D'Alessandro Jr. I grew up hearing you had to be Italian to get a contract to pave a road in Baltimore City. And before anyone gets offended, I'm a McWop, 3/4 Irish, 1/4 Italian.
June 19, 2022
Jade Kala Johnson, 24, an aide to Baltimore City Council President Nick Mosby, was arrested on June 6 in Baltimore County on gun and drug charges. She's a recently hired city employee who does not appear on the city's database. How about the Mosbys- what a duo?
June 23, 2022
Judge Nugent wants to see Baltimore prosecutor Mosby in court over comments she made during a radio interview despite the judge issuing a gag order in the Keith Davis Jr. case.
Aug 9, 2022
Mosby’s attorneys asked Judge Lydia Griggsby to prevent the prosecution from using various phrases during the trial, including ‘financial hardship,’ because explaining how Mosby spent the money she withdrew from her retirement account would negatively impact a jury pool. Sure feels like desperation!
Aug 30, 2022
Baltimore Deputy Mayor Ted Carter resigned possibly due to inappropriate behavior around women. In 1996 he, was a staffer in the Clinton administration.
Sept 30, 2022
Jamie Lee Henry, a former staff internist at North Carolina’s Fort Bragg, and his wife Anna Gabrielian, 36, an anesthesiologist at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, have been charged with conspiring to disclose personal medical records to the Russian government.
Nov 25, 2022
Steny Hoyer will step down from his leadership role for Democrats in the House of Representatives but remain the representative for Maryland's 5th Congressional District, which includes parts of PG. and Anne Arundel counties. Let's see how this changes federal $$$ to MD.
Dec 10, 2022
The U.S. Patent Office rejected the Ravens initial application to trademark the term Charm City, saying it is primarily geographically descriptive. The Ravens claim their intent is not to prevent anyone from the general use of "Charm City,", which I ain't buying.
Dec 16, 2022
Baltimore City Council approved a resolution sponsored by Nick Mosby to honor his wife, State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby, who faces federal perjury charges. Councilman Zeke Cohen voted against the measure claiming it was inappropriate.
Welcome to Charm City!!!!
Jan 27, 2023
Ex-Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s entire legal team wants to withdraw from her case. Another ploy for more time.
Feb 21, 2023
O's CEO John Angelos and his brother Louis have agreed to end their dispute over a lawsuit in which Louis accused John of seizing control of the team in defiance of Peter Angleos', their dad, wishes.
Also, they are negotiating a new lease at OPACY. Perhaps this will end the talk of the O's moving to Nashville or elsewhere.
March 17, 2023
Baltimore City Council President #NickMosby is seeking re-election. Baltimore deserves a break from the corrupt Mosbys.
June 12, 2023
Baltimore Police Dept Acting Commissioner Rich Worley is a Baltimore native but does not reside in the city. Same old sh^t.
June 28, 2023
Montgomery County(MD) is limiting access to a public meeting about providing an opt-out option for parents who object to gender and sexuality lessons.
July 30, 2023
Since the federal government considers cannabis sales illegal, don't pull out your MasterCard to buy cannabis at Maryland dispensaries.
Aug 26,2023
On finding out his GM stole about 500K: Ed Hale, the owner of the Baltomore Blast indoor soccer team since 1988. "I'm a former CIA agent. So, I don't get fooled very often. I got fooled." Should I wonder about CIA instructors or Hale, who's faced banking investigations a few times?
Sept 24,2023
Baltimore's failures: I addressed them in my futile 1999 GOP run for Bmore City Council. I spent a lot of time campaigning with the Libertarian candidate. Three seats were up for grabs in the 1st district and the three Dems won. Two R and one L lost. A few ladies told me I looked like a nice Irish catholic boy and would win if I were a Dem.
Nov 1, 2023
FBI raids office of Safe Streets, which uses ex-offenders as ‘violence interrupters’ to ward off crime in Baltimore City.
Investigators found ammunition belonging to an employee, which not allowed by law. The raid occurred at the Belair-Edison (my childhood neighborhood) branch. Also rumors of fiscal mismanagement.
Nov 10, 2023
Marilyn Mosby convicted on two counts of perjury by a federal jury.
She falsely claimed financial hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to withdraw money from the city's retirement fund.
Nov 22, 2023
Fourth Circuit struck down Maryland's "HQL" law requiring potential handgun owners to go through a qualification process.
"The answer is not complicated. If you do not already own a handgun, then the only way to 'keep' or 'bear' one is to get one, either through sale, rental, or gift. And the challenged law cuts off all three avenues -- at least, for those who do not comply with its terms,"
U.S. Fourth Circuit Court Judge Julius N. Richardson.
Jan 7, 2023
The Maryland Board of Public Works approved a $32 million contract that covers the replacement of the pavement on the runway, improvements for taxi connections and upgrades to electrical components at Martin State Airport.
It is a joint civil-military public use airport located nine nautical miles east of the central business district of Baltimore,
It was the former plant airport for the Glenn L. Martin Company, a major producer of military aircraft. between the 1920s and 1960s.
Jan 23, 2024
Marilyn Mosby's, former States Attorney for Baltimore. has a “not my job” defense, My husband did the taxes, and I didn’t know there was debt.
Feb 13, 2024
Baltimore City Council President Nick Mosby is running for re-election and defending his handling of his finances and his testimony that it led to his ex-wife, former City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby’s, federal fraud convictions.
Feb 25, 2024
MD judicial officials told state lawmakers the federal funding for GPS monitoring program for home defendants dried up, which means defendants who would be eligible for coverage might be forced to find a way to pay or go to jail. NO surprise! MD is addicted to fed funds.
March 6, 2024
Sheila Dixon, who was found a guilty of "fraudulent misappropriation by a fiduciary" and stepped down as Baltimore Mayor in 2010, is ahead Mayor Scott in the latest Mayoral polls.
April 3, 2024
Crews opened a second temporary channel on FSK Bridge, which is open primarily to vessels that are helping with the cleanup effort and some barges and tugs that have been stuck in the Port of Baltimore.
Work is ongoing to open a third channel that will allow larger vessels to pass through the bottleneck. are
April 16, 2024
Anonymous report that alarms went off on some of the refrigerated containers on the Dali when it docked in Baltimore before it sailed and knocked down the FSK bridge.
This indicates an inconsistent power supply,
April 20, 2024
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and State’s Attorney Ivan Bates, who endorses Scott's opponent Dixon, allegedly settle public dispute with joint statement that they'll meet weekly. Goofy stuff!
June 19, 2024
Chef Ashish Alfred has shut down three restaurants, Duck Duck Goose, Osteria Pirata,and the Anchor Tavern. No mention of dates to re-open.
Declining revenue! Also, “The perception of those outside the city and even a lot of those within the city is that Fells Point and downtown Baltimore are just not safe.”
July 5, 2024
On Baltimore City ballot in November: Baby Bonus Fund to give 1k to new parents in an effort to reduce the effect of child poverty. WTF!
The likely cost about 7M which ain't no Big deal according to the Maryland Child Alliance which collected signatures to get the Amendment on the ballot.
Aug 3, 2024
Johnny (O)Olszewski, the Baltimore County executive and congressional candidate is facing possible allegations of corruption for his shaky financial moves with the Tirabassi brothers, and this could give Klacik (R) a chance to win a seat in Congress.
Baltimore County paid Philip Tirabassi 83K when he requested to transfer retirement credits for his city firefighter service time to his county pension. Officials warned the payment could break state and local laws.
John Tirabassi sold the county $4 million worth of dump trucks through his employer, Peterbilt.
Tirabassi family handled Olszewski's purchase and sale of property in St. Helena and the acquisition of land for his new residence on Millers Island.
Aug 15, 2024
Renew Baltimore filed an appeal with the SC of Maryland to overturn a city judge’s decision, which keeps the question to cut the property tax rate in half over seven years off the November ballot. The group is Ballots for the 2024 election are due to be published Sept. 6.
The group cites a 1990 case in Anne Arundel County(MD) that allowed voters to set the property tax rate. City officials claim only the Baltimore City Council can do that.
Sept 13, 2024
Investigators of Baltimore’s FSK Bridge collapse discovered a loose cable on The Dali which may have caused electrical issues.
When disconnected during recent testing, it triggered an electrical blackout similar to what happened on 3/26/24 .
Sept 17, 2024
A judge on Monday ruled that a charter amendment in Baltimore City to redevelop Harborplace is unconstitutional.
Some residents filed the motion in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court earlier this month on Question F, claiming it was vague and unconstitutional and asked for a court-ordered edit.
The judge ruled ballots for the November election have been printed and it is too late for a reprint. However the question will remain on the ballots and the results will be counted, but not certified.
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