Lee Sanderlin

I write about people and power @BaltimoreBanner | send me things at [email protected] or on Signal at LOSanderlin.17

[Justin Fenton @justin_fenton]

Ivan Bates distances himself from endorsement of indicted state Sen. Dalya Attar, @popcouturejjw4 reports https://t.co/7zvI7MGTak

[Ellie Wolfe @elliew0lfe]

New: Loyola University Maryland is the latest college in the state to announce layoffs. The state’s second-largest private university eliminated 66 jobs this month as it works to resolve a $20 million structural deficit. Read more:

https://t.co/ssam9BgVNe

[Lee Sanderlin @LeeOSanderlin]

Is the primary to unseat Maryland’s Senate President Bill Ferguson between Ferguson and his opponent, the viral Bobby LaPin? Or is it actually between Ferguson and his record?Read ⬇️ https://t.co/jYH5FZEo4G

[Ben Conarck @conarck]

New: A longtime spokesperson in Prince George's County government was accused in March of assaulting a staffer in the county executive's office, where she was working at the time as a communications director, court records show.
https://t.co/0FzEuizwRy

[Pamela Wood @pwoodreporter]

MARYLAND REDISTRICTING: State Senate President Bill Ferguson now says he'll consider a special session to address state constitutional roadblocks.

Gov. Wes Moore still wants maps on the table.

https://t.co/FbqMNZKgDl

[Pamela Wood @pwoodreporter]

SCOOP: Former President Joe Biden will headline the Maryland Democratic Party’s annual gala next month.

https://t.co/l5rwaBkexa

[Justin Fenton @justin_fenton]

Thread 🧵: The @OIG_Baltimore released a report this week about Baltimore paying city employees more than $312,000 for hours that were largely unworked as part of their separation from City Hall. These are public employees paid with taxpayer dollars. All public.

[Justin Fenton @justin_fenton]

Yet, like all OIG reports, the names of the employees were not disclosed. The OIG’s job is to investigate waste, fraud and abuse of taxpayer dollars, yet when they complete an investigation, they withhold the names of the individuals and companies that they looked at

[Justin Fenton @justin_fenton]

There’s no statute that says the OIG has to do this. So I’ve requested underlying documentation trying to learn more about these cases, and @MayorBMScott’s law department searches for justifications to deny any additional disclosure

[Justin Fenton @justin_fenton]

@MayorBMScott Here’s what they said in regard to this case: Essentially, yes, you are entitled to know who was paid what, but if you know who was the subject of this investigation and ask directly about them. But we will not tell you who they were, bc that’s a “personnel investigation”

[Justin Fenton @justin_fenton]

@MayorBMScott Is this a nothingburger, a simple review of who was publicly paid what; or a confidential personnel investigation involving potentially serious consequences? Honestly I think it’s more the former, but they want to maintain a shield blocking transparency in these cases generally

[Justin Fenton @justin_fenton]

BREAKING: Feds level criminal charges in Key Bridge disaster, accusing company and 1 employee of improperly using flushing pumps — which can cause blackouts — and lying to investigators. W/ @HayesGardner https://t.co/iJ1D4o3Alu

[Lee Sanderlin @LeeOSanderlin]

Good dog

[Pamela Wood @pwoodreporter]

When Maryland Gov. Wes Moore rolled out dozens of election endorsements, one name was conspicuously off the list: Senate President Bill Ferguson.

Turns out they had a deal to endorse each other ... until they didn't.

From me & @LeeOSanderlin:

https://t.co/HDLFyN6BtE

[Lee Sanderlin @LeeOSanderlin]

Is Baltimore’s inspector general too online? Great story from @emilyopilo https://t.co/Q76tkK8fHF

[Lee Sanderlin @LeeOSanderlin]

Inside the endorsement that wasn’t.

Gov. Wes Moore and Senate President Bill Ferguson had a deal. Then the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act.

From @pwoodreporter and me https://t.co/YzfO50iFVh

[Emily Opilo @emilyopilo]

Om vs. arrr! A Fells Point wellness studio has grown weary of the noise and crowds attracted by its neighbor Urban Pirates https://t.co/86B3ybNUMw

[The Baltimore Banner @BaltimoreBanner]

The Banner is a Pulitzer finalist for series on Baltimore’s school bus failures https://t.co/EyzhyrQvEz

[Pamela Wood @pwoodreporter]

Just how expensive was the Key Bridge rebuild approaching before Gov. Wes Moore exited from the contract with Kiewit?

Potentially up to $9 Billion.

The latest from your @BaltimoreBanner team of @HayesGardner, @LeeOSanderlin, @ZawodnyDaniel & me:

https://t.co/EYCjif370L

[Hayes Gardner @HayesGardner]

A Kiewit-built Key Bridge could have cost $9 billion. Instead, Maryland is seeking a new contractor.

w/ @LeeOSanderlin @pwoodreporter @ZawodnyDaniel
https://t.co/gVGT2OYJFX