Most suburban residents live in a metropolitan district in order to share the good things the city can offer. Sadly, we enjoy those benefits without paying a proportional share of their costs. Whether we use the urban setting for employment, or as a cultural, commercial, educational or recreational base, we rely on the city for […]
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What if we made campaign finance reform a new civil rights movement?
Monday, February 16, 2009We need a new Voting Rights Act that makes private financing of public electoral campaigns illegal. Period. And we need to make it a civil rights issue. Consider: We do not allow private donors, each with his or her own desires regarding police protection, to finance the Baltimore Police Department. We disallow such a system […]
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Summer on my mind
Monday, February 09, 2009Baltimore winters are typically snowed under ice storms and blisteringly cold winds from the west. I’m not a fan. Instead, winter has become my motivation to plan summer vacations. During these times of fiscal austerity however, I’ve postponed the summer tropical get-away. Even still, I look forward to visiting family and friends spread across the […]
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Real stimulation for only $25 billion
Monday, February 02, 2009No, this is not an overly expensive trip to the Block, this is how we could create and or sustain 1,187,500 jobs, improve the quality of life, reduce congestion, manage growth, limit sprawl, protect and improve the environment, and increase opportunity for the 2.6 million people in Central Maryland. It’s a way to get one […]
