Speedy Justice:
Ryan Davis of
The Sun
that
yesterday ordered that suspects "who do not receive a court hearing within 24 hours of their arrest must be released" from notoriously slow Central Booking. For more on problems at CB and the city jail, check out Erin Sullivan's
City Paper
feature from last May.
Move 'Em Out:
Underplayed by
The Sun
, but this seems worth highlighting: City plans to
to make way for development in Sowebo's
neighborhood, just west of of the
and
.
Where the Buffalo Roam:
Apparently,
.
In Sunday's
Sun
, Jill Rosen
with
protesting the city's plan to raise building-height limits in midtown.
It Ain't Easy . . .
being an immigrant in Maryland. At least that's what it seems like from a pair of recent
Washington Post
stories: On Saturday, Krissah Williams
on a bill, passed nearly unanimously by the General Assembly, that would crack down on "consultants" who, due to negligence or incompetence, end up getting their clients deported. And today, Williams
at the
's efforts to go after unlicensed money transmitters, small businesses that delivers immigrants' earnings back home.
What's That Smell?
Apparently,
(The Third Floor really should clean up our desk), now cleaned up.
Sun
columnist Dan Rodricks, however,
that the olfactory sensitive judges and lawyers should have just cracked a window.
Boiling Point:
As
, and now reported by Alan Zibel in the
BBJ
, Morgan State University is
on Towson University's newly approved MBA program.
In other biz news, Washington (racial slur) owner Daniel Snyder
about his ownership stake in
; he's keeping it.
