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City panel plans to vote down settlement for teen whom police left shoeless in Howard Co.
The city's spending panel is expected on Wednesday to vote down an agreed-upon $150,000 settlement for the family of a Baltimore teen whom police left shoeless in Howard County — a rare move that comes after Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake objected...Tags: Howard County, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Lawyers, Patapsco, Public Officials
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City panel votes down settlement for teen left shoeless in Howard Co.
The city's spending panel on Wednesday voted down a $150,000 settlement for the family of a Baltimore teen whom police left shoeless in Howard County — a rare move that came after MayorStephanie Rawlings-Blakeobjected to the deal. "In this case two...Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Lawyers, Public Officials, Patapsco, Litigation
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Mayor's lateness causes rift at Board of Estimates meeting
The Baltimore SunFrustrated over what he perceives as frequent lateness by the mayor, City Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young attempted to start Wednesday morning's Board of Estimates meeting without her. At 9 a.m., the posted start time of the spending panel's... -
A deal is a deal
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is surely right that city police officers were way out of bounds when they snatched a Baltimore teen off a city street and dropped him off 11 miles away in Howard County without his shoes. But her decision to nix a...
Tags: Trials, Injuries and Wounds, Bernard C. Young
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Police: Baltimore firefighter ran sex ring on the side
Until last month, 29-year-old Jamar Simmons was living a double life, police say. He fought fires for Baltimore out of a decades-old brick firehouse in Hampden, earning close to $60,000 annually. He also managed a prostitution ring out of a renovated...
Tags: Hampden, Timonium, Misdemeanors, Lawyers, Carrollton
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City approves 9 percent increase in water rates as auditor says more over-billing found
Baltimore officials approved a 9 percent increase in water rates Wednesday as the city auditor revealed that the beleaguered system's billing problems are more extensive than previously known. City Auditor Robert L. McCarty said a continuing review shows...Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Water Supply, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Baltimore County, Bernard C. Young
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Some big businesses owe millions in city water bills
In Sparrows Point, bankrupt RG Steel's delinquent city water bills have risen from about $3.5 million in 2009 to nearly $7 million today, according to city records. Chemical giant W.R.Grace & Co. owes almost $500,000 — even after recently...Tags: Sparrow (music group), Business Enterprises, Fort McHenry, War of 1812, Charles Village
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Baltimore hires new chief technology officer
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced Friday the hiring of a new chief technology officer to replace the official who resigned amid ethics concerns in February. Chris Tonjes, the chief information officer for the District of Columbia Public Library,...Tags: Ethics, Apple iPhone, State University of New York, Local Government, Apple iPad
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City selling records containing employees' personal information
The City of Baltimore has been selling records containing personal information about its employees, including home addresses and driver's license numbers, even though the city's own lawyers say the information cannot legally be disclosed under state law....
Tags: Public Employees, Local Government, Civil and Public Service, Transportation Accidents, Lawyers
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Baltimore spends $31M on accident-related claims for fleet of vehicles
On average, Baltimore City-owned cars and trucks are involved in more than two accidents a day. That much is easy enough to discover. But finding out details about those crashes, it turns out, is a far more daunting proposition, another dead-end trip into...Tags: E-Commerce Industry, Judges, Lawyers, Justice System
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At cross purposes? Two city offices worked on phone plans
As the Baltimore comptroller's office was seeking bids for a multimillion-dollar upgrade of the city government's telephone system last year, the mayor's technology office was buying about $500,000 worth of equipment that could be used for the same kind...Tags: Local Government, IBM, Johns Hopkins University, Purchases, Technology
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Baltimore spending board votes down phone system contract
Baltimore's Board of Estimates rejected Wednesday a $7.4 million contract with IBM for a new phone system that has been at the center of a City Hall turf war — a dispute that city officials said they would have to resolve before they could move...Tags: Technology, Government Contracts, Local Government, Government, IBM
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