A little bit of everything
On behalf of the people of Baltimore, I’m officially daring Mayor Scott to produce even just one serious planner or urban and regional economist who can justify his thinking.
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The retail tourist facility, as a reflection of the city overall, has fallen on hard times, despite its proximity to the Horseshoe Casino, Topgolf, and other entertainment zone attractions nearby. The redo will involve new retail, commercial, residential, and outdoor development. Total cost, $500 million in private money, plus $400 million in public funding for infrastructure.
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To be clear, I’m not making fun of religion. Not religion in general or Mike Johnson’s religion in particular. Quite to the contrary. I respect people’s heartfelt religious beliefs and take the subject of God very seriously.
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Republicans don’t believe in majority rule. Recent votes in the House Republican Conference are proof positive of this heresy, this lack of commitment to a fundamental principle of our democracy.
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If Hamas is trying to upset us, to piss us off, it’s working. Vicious cruelty can be a tool of war as much as any other kind of weapon. Hamas wants us to overreact, to lose our righteous high ground, and to become the vicious enemy they need to hate. A superpower they can blame.
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Seriously, folks, a successful Republican candidate at the top of the ticket could result in Republicans controlling both the House, the Senate, and the White House. And that would be awful.
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Donald Trump is, let’s be honest, as dumb as he is nuts, but something about his blabbering and style have struck a responsive chord. Gaetz, on the other hand, is a natural. Much younger, better looking, and surprisingly well-spoken, Matt Gaetz is making sense.
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Clearly, our government and the USPS have been contemplating the adverse impact of electronic mail delivery on our mail service for some time now. True, the effects of technology on our Postal Service have, undoubtedly, been much more severe than they anticipated sixty-plus years ago. The point is, it’s not as if Congress and USPS management didn’t see it coming or haven’t had time to adjust.
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We need to discontinue advocacy for the use of screens in our public schools and at home until we fully understand the implications for child development.
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Make your campaign about the lack of progress your opponent has made. Ask the question, trite as it may be, “How are you better off today than you were when Mayor Scott or former Mayor Dixon was first elected?”
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