Mayor Brandon Scott addresses schools, property taxes and prioritizing public safety

By Sheilah Kast,

Published February 28, 2024 at 10:05 AM EST

Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott is seeking re-election. A total of 17 candidates will be on the ballot for the post at the primary election that happens May 14. Photo: Baltimore City

We ask Mayor Brandon Scott, who’s running for re-election: why many Baltimore residents don’t feel safer, even though crime is down; why it’s taken so long to buy hotels to shelter the homeless; and whether he’s satisfied with how city schools are run.

Links: Mayor Brandon Scott, Maryland Board of Elections info, Environmental Mayoral Forum Wed. Feb. 28 5:30pm.

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Melissa Gerr is a Senior Producer for On the Record. She started in public media at Twin Cities Public Television in St. Paul, Minn., where she is from, and then worked as a field producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting in Portland. She made the jump to audio-lover in Baltimore as a digital media editor at Mid-Atlantic Media and Laureate Education, Inc. and as a field producer for "Out of the Blocks." Her beat is typically the off-beat with an emphasis on science, culture and things that make you say, 'Wait, what?'

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