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Three days after state regulators ruled that a confidential memo shedding light on the deal between Mayor Brandon Scott and Baltimore’s dominant utility provider should be public, the company released the document. For all the public outcry, though, the document is complex and its implications are not obvious.
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“We have overwhelmingly proven that we can lead ourselves.”
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“The basis of a commission decision, particularly a rate case, should not be evidence that is shielded from view by the public,” wrote the commission.
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That amendment, put forth by Councilmember James Torrence (D-7), would have stopped the tax credit after 350 affordable units were constructed– effectively ending the policy.
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The Robert Wood Foundation gave grants to nine cities across the nation.
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The Scott administration urged lawmakers to pause on the bills, citing concerns about the city’s finances. Baltimore faces a $100 million budget deficit for the next fiscal year, according to the city’s finance department.
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“Public utilities are monopolies; they provide essential services for Marylanders …those customers are entitled to know the rationales for how BGE is proposing to recover those costs,” said David Lapp with the Office of People’s Counsel.
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The department refers two-thirds of city youth auto-theft arrests to the state’s attorney and 97% of youth carjackings.
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That means the mayor’s original map most likely becomes law. New proposal by Mosby could tighten the timeline the mayor has to issue a veto.
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We’ll go On the Record with Democrat John Sarbanes to ask why he’s quitting Congress, and what he plans to do. Then we catch up with Baltimore Banner reporter Adam Willis on plans for the Inner Harbor, city-council districts, and Safe Streets.