Baltimore, justice, dogs, and tennis. Former journalist, @city_paper @baltimoremag @rollingstone @ew, now in nonprofit communications. #BlackLivesMatter he/him
May in Baltimore ended with 8 homicides. That’s down from:
-15 last May
-29 in May 2023
-39 in both May 2021 and 2020
-40 in May 2017
-and 42 in May 2015
@CouncilmanYitzy@freeadnansyed I don’t know anything about that. But what would be so bad about creating a diverse slate to counter a monolithic one, drawn entirely from one community in a very diverse district?
@CouncilmanYitzy@freeadnansyed That was Jill’s explanation. Honestly I’m still not clear how those distinctions were made. But clearly plenty of Jewish *and* non-Jewish folks are crossed off.
@CouncilmanYitzy@freeadnansyed That’s nonsense. Jill approached individuals to be on her ticket to create a geographically and demographically diverse ticket, long before others even registered. I only ran bc Jill asked me to.
@freeadnansyed@CouncilmanYitzy It’s also worth noting that in the last election, Yitzy created a slate consisting *entirely* of Orthodox Jews. Malcolm’s slate on the other hand has Jews, Christians, Black, White, people from every corner of the district.
@freeadnansyed@CouncilmanYitzy Thanks. The bold names are in Malcolm Ruff's slate. The non-bold names aren't. I don't know why some names are crossed out and some aren't (many non-Jewish names are crossed out), but I'll suggest we update to just have the slate in bold, with no cross-outs, to avoid confusion.
@IanMWolfe@FOXBaltimore You'd think carjackings reduced by 50% in three years would be the story worthy of coverage, but certainly not to the Sinclair stooges at Fox45 or the Sun.
FWIW, there is a story -- a positive one -- about crime and Balt City in our new UMBC Poll numbers.
I looked back at the polling I did for the @BaltimoreBanner in 2023/2024 & compared to our new UMBC Poll.
Perceptions of crime in the city have changed:
It should have started a long time ago when you started promoting right-wing grifter Nick Shirley. Your credibility was lost long before now. Too little too late.
@isabel_cumming It should have started a long time ago when you started promoting right-wing grifter Nick Shirley. Your credibility was lost long before now. Too little too late.