Missing the Point: Lowering property tax rates will not save the city of Baltimore. Not even close!
A couple of weeks ago, The Baltimore Sun ran an editorial about Maryland’s need to grow its population. The primary
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Missing the Point
Missing the Point – Social media is no substitute for the real thing
There’s a show I like to watch that’s on one of the streaming services. It’s an exceptionally well-crafted mystery comedy
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Missing the Point – Who do the strict constructionists think they’re fooling?
First of all, the language of the Second Amendment clearly indicates that the entire purpose of protecting the right to bear arms was to assure that we have a “well-regulated Militia.” That statement I just made is not interpretive. It’s just plain English. That’s what the words mean, both now and, in this case, way back when the Constitution was written.
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Missing the Point – More questions about Mayor Scott’s Campaign Contributions and his Relationship with Venable Law
Of course, but the question is, why didn’t the Board of Elections computer pick it up and require that either the Scott or Shea-Scott Slate committee amend its filing? From where, exactly, did the $200,000 come from? If it did come from the People for Brandon M. Scott committee, where did the Scott committee get the money to fund that transfer?
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Missing the Point – An Op/Ed ‘Mini’ for Fed Chairman Jerome Powell
It’s better to struggle every day to afford some things because they’re too pricy than to be unemployed and unable to afford anything!!
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Missing the Point – Off-Year Contributions to Mayor Scott’s Campaign Committee Raise Red Flags
I don’t like money in politics, but contributions made according to the laws controlling campaign financing are, by definition, perfectly legal. I’m just going to give you information to stimulate discussion about campaign financing and let you draw your own conclusions.
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Engaging the FCC to Break Up the Right-wing Base of the Republican Party
The text in the featured image above is not an official FCC notice. I wrote it. Perhaps it should be
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Missing the Point – Breaking Up the Base of the Republican Party
Do what they do in Washington state, for example, where everybody runs in a single primary, regardless of party affiliation, and then the top two candidates – even if both survivors are Republicans, Democrats or unaffiliated independents – face off in the general election. The result of this single primary approach is that the winner is, more than likely, the choice of the majority of people voting.
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Missing the Point – The problem with the BUILD vacant housing solution
Like so many good and sincerely concerned Baltimore activists, the BUILD organization means well. Certainly, Baltimore has long suffered from a shortage of affordable housing and a vacant housing crisis, the resolution of which is an essential component of any plan to save the city.
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Missing the Point – Taking Over Baltimore
It’s high time that we all take responsibility for saving the city of Baltimore. And, to that end, I’m suggesting that the legislature declare a state of public emergency and, yes folks, take over management of the city’s public education, public safety, economic development and infrastructure management. The city government can and should participate in the takeover, but cannot be in charge of it.
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