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@CaineComms @BaltBizOnline @BDCBaltimore @MayorBMScott @Zeke_Cohen @BillforBmore @GovWesMoore @MCBInvests This response by Rolley/BDC came as part of the still-pending complaint @BaltimoreBrew and @BaltBizOnline filed to the Open Meetings Compliance Board/ MD AG's office in September. Case is ongoing, board hasn't yet ruled.

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BDC’s Otis Rolley disputes @BaltimoreBrew, @BaltBizOnline claim that closed-door meetings to approve Harborplace and other tax breaks violated the Open Meetings Act. https://t.co/sSVpDcKgTy “A candid discussion would have been difficult in open session."

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Big news in the world of whiskey - last night, Baltimore Spirits Company's Epoch Rye was named "Best Rye Whiskey in the World" AND was named "Best in Show" of all the whiskeys entered at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition. Cheers, guys.

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.@MDEnvironment tentatively rejects Curtis Bay petroleum spill cleanup company’s permit request https://t.co/wx5wuvgfjG Agency says a plan to construct two waste oil tanks across the street from a high school “poses an unacceptable public health risk."

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The @Ravens may be out of it, but a West Baltimore youth football team, the Liberty Chargers, is on an amazing championship run. https://t.co/RhHJPVEUVI If these 9 and 10-year-olds win Saturday, they’ll play for the Pop Warner National Championship in Charlotte.

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Unbury the Jones Falls? https://t.co/yufyN4bSgx A collaborative project urges: Instead of focusing on limitations, imagine what, in our wildest dreams, Baltimore’s founding waterway could be 50 years from now. [OP-ED]

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Judge orders release of Maryland woman arrested by @ICEgov after her boss filed charges over $12 https://t.co/BScEqlteqK “It's entirely possible the only unlawful act committed here is that of malicious prosecution by Rasheed Haroon," the judge writes. @MaddiONeill for The Brew

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Unusual virtual Board of Estimates mtg was to have no public testimony. But two citizens had other ideas. https://t.co/xVUtPbxEUv Steamed abt @jermaineajones $51,000 pr consultant request and persistent homelessness despite $3.9M in grants, they were almost barred from speaking.

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Blue sky and $6.02 per gallon diesel illustrate our recap of yesterday's historic anti-Trump "Blue Wave" U.S. mid-term election. https://t.co/HzkQbGyhRL Dems, no surprise, prevailed statewide and in Baltimore, though a couple of MAGA politicians found success in Baltimore County

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@awkleine Yes, he was a notable "softie" regarding BARCS and animal welfare.

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A 2012 BREW sketch ("Wearing Baltimore politics on his back") of Robert Walter Curran, one of our favorite City Hall electeds because he never acted more than he was. R.I.P. Bobby, a good-hearted soul who died last Friday at 76.
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On Baltimore voters’ minds on Election Day: taxes, war, high gas prices and @realDonaldTrump. https://t.co/o0nObi9RqW
Swing states and places with competitive races may have all the drama in this mid-term election, but some city voters were pretty animated anyway.

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Baltimore Mayor Scott cancels plans to travel to Spain where two top aides are attending a Smart City expo in Barcelona. Another top aide is headed for Switzerland for a 2-wk residency in Geneva. https://t.co/Wxwr0zQmHb

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City makes a change Baltimore basement sewage backup victims have sought for a decade. https://t.co/eHL7BAJNu7 Advocates are pleased eligibility for a cleanup program is being relaxed, but wary after years where they say assistance programs were mismanaged and poorly publicized.

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Dubious resolution passed by the Baltimore County Council benefits a major developer https://t.co/qqWIdNcmb7
A county program intended to help owners of properties in distressed commercial areas is quickly and quietly applied to an upscale project in Catonsville [OP-ED]

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“This is an attempt to take banter between colleagues and turn it into a conspiracy,” @MayorBMScott's office said in response to Brew reporting about his declaration to fellow BOE members that he does not use the city email system. https://t.co/M2fx1LHN94

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.@MayorBMScott says critical reaction to his statement about not using his city email account is “silly.” https://t.co/M2fx1LHN94 “What you saw at the Board of Estimates [meeting] was me saying something in jest to the Council President,” Scott said today.

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Baltimore to pay $11 million to settle claims against its unconstitutional eviction law. https://t.co/rJnXEGc0jo A 2007 “abandonment ordinance” allowed landlords to lock out evicted renters and keep their clothes, furniture, family photos and other possessions.

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Mayor Scott says he doesn't use his city email account to conduct city business. So what does he use? And what does it say about his office's relationship w Inspector General Isabel Cumming, now that she's regained access to city servers? https://t.co/KFZvkmjmAr

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Senior Balto City official accused of bank fraud during the Covid pandemic pleads not guilty today. Despite federal indictment, Kara DiPietro apparently remains on city's payroll. Scott admin refuses to comment on her status, but cancels her trip to Texas. https://t.co/27Hjo2xEqm