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Watching the watchdog
Avery Aisenstark, the chief adviser to the Baltimore City Ethics Board, recently performed outside legal work on behalf of two developers who do business with the city. He insists that he did nothing illegal or unethical, but some outside watchdogs are...Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Ethics, Colleges and Universities, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Conservation
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Walmart plans for growth in Maryland
Red anti-Walmart signs dot a stretch of Route 924 in Harford County, where people have packed public meetings and organized protests. Petitions are circulating through housing developments, and residents are writing to politicians. But it's not corporate...
Tags: Walmart, Randallstown, Harford County, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland)
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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: Justice System, Committee for Zoning Integrity, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Sheila Dixon, Values
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Gambling referendum results spur hiring plan
A day after voters approved an expansion of gambling in Maryland, the state's largest casino said it would hire 1,200 new employees for table games – even as the ballot question's leading opponent suggested that it will turn to the courts. David...
Tags: Silver Spring (Montgomery, Maryland), Justice System, Montgomery County (Maryland), Anthony G. Brown, Referenda
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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: Johns Hopkins University, Vicki Almond, Justice System, Committee for Zoning Integrity, Judges
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Judge allows release of petitions in Balto. Co. zoning referendum drive
A Baltimore County judge allowed the release Wednesday of the names of people who signed petitions to challenge the county's zoning maps, saying the information is "clearly a public record." In the latest turn in a battle between developers, Circuit...
Tags: Vicki Almond, Justice System, Ronald Reagan, Referenda, Judges
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Against Question 7: Gambling expansion is a bad deal for Maryland taxpayers
We support Maryland's slot machine gambling program, and we think it would be wise to eventually expand it to include table games, which would attract additional economic development and create more jobs. It might even be a good idea one day to allow a...
Tags: Casino and Gambling Industry, Washington, DC, Prince George's County
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Table Talk: Prime Rib headed for Maryland Live casino
Greenberg potato skins, Greenberg potato skins, Greenberg potato skins ... jackpot!
The Prime Rib is coming to the Maryland Live Casino — Greenberg potato skins, leopard-skin carpeting, baby grand piano and all.
Established in Baltimore in 1965 by...Tags: Baked Potatoes, Phillips Seafood, Potatoes, Washington, DC, Dining and Drinking
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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: Vicki Almond, Owings Mills (Baltimore, Maryland), Cathy Bevins, Referenda, Committee for Zoning Integrity
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Balto. Co. community groups oppose referendum drive
Some community leaders in Baltimore County are fighting a referendum drive they say is backed by developers who are trying to "hijack" the county's zoning process because they didn't get their way. A coalition calling itself "Don't Sign It!" urged county...Tags: Cathy Bevins, Referenda, Voting, Metro Centre at Owings Mills, Kevin Kamenetz
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Referendum drives target Almond's, Bevins' districts
Prominent developers have targeted the districts of two Baltimore County councilwomen with referendum drives to overturn recent zoning votes the developers didn't like.
At a community meeting this month, a Cordish Cos. representative distributed...Tags: Justice System, Walmart, Barbara Lee, Referenda, Owings Mills Mall
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Cordish properties worth $38 million, court rules
Maryland's high court ruled Wednesday that the Cordish Cos.' Power Plant and Pier IV buildings on Baltimore's Inner Harbor are worth, for property tax purposes, more than $38.1 million — the amount established by city tax assessors.
Cordish...Tags: Inner Harbor
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