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Balto. Co. zoning referendum fight puts spotlight on hired petition companies
Men and women armed with clipboards and pens have been common sights at grocery stores, libraries, farmers' markets and shopping centers in Baltimore County, seeking signatures on petitions to overturn zoning decisions through a voter referendum. But...
Tags: Halloween, Parties and Movements, Cordish Cos., Referenda, Libraries
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Mayor says City Council should review ethics director
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said Wednesday the City Council should take the lead on evaluating the performance of the city's ethics director — not an oversight board on which she sits that hasn't met in years. "I really believe the City...Tags: Lawyers, Ethics, David S. Brown Enterprises Ltd., Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Baltimore County
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Baltimore's ethical fantasyland
Please, can I have a cushy municipal job paying $94,000 a year with no oversight of that position and also be able to have plenty of extra time to do additional private work on the side? Well, maybe so. Baltimore City is paying someone to do just that,...Tags: Ethics, Values
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Ethics oversight board hasn't met in years
Baltimore's ethics director is in charge of advising elected officials and fielding constituent complaints about them. It's unclear, however, if anyone is overseeing him. A seven-member oversight panel, the Board of Legislative Reference, is...Tags: Ethics, George Nilson, Cordish Cos., Enoch Pratt Free Library, University of Maryland, College Park
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Common Cause questions city ethics director's fitness for job
Common Cause Maryland questioned Friday whether the city's ethics board director is fit for the job after he acknowledged that he was performing legal work on behalf of developers with business interests in Baltimore. "This raises questions about his...Tags: Ethics, Vicki Almond, David S. Brown Enterprises Ltd., Baltimore County, Justice System
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Developers have given $225,000 to Balto. Co. referendum drive
Developers and shopping-center owners have contributed more than $225,000 to efforts to challenge zoning decisions in Baltimore County through referendums, financial disclosure forms show. Contributors to the drive include firms tied to developers Howard...Tags: Owings Mills (Baltimore, Maryland), Vicki Almond, Cathy Bevins, Voting, Local Elections
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Don't let developers hijack county zoning process
Stop! Don't sign it! A petition drive secretly sponsored by developers Howard Brown and David Cordish has been circulating for the last few weeks in an effort to quash all of the zoning changes in Council Districts 2 and 6 that were approved in August by...
Tags: Reisterstown Road, Wegmans Food Markets, Inc., Pikesville, Elections, Walmart
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Balto. Co. referendum backers say they have enough signatures
Backers of a referendum drive to challenge Baltimore County zoning decisions say they have gathered enough signatures to put the issue on the ballot in 2014. The supporters say they have collected more than 70,000 signatures — far more than the...
Tags: Vicki Almond, Cathy Bevins, Referenda, Cordish Cos.
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