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Thursday, November 3, 2011

Voice of Baltimore - By Anthony C. Hayes: 'COLD WAR' -- Church near City Hall has no heat, parishioners left in the cold

'COLD WAR' -- Church near City Hall has no heat, parishioners left in the cold
November 1st, 2011


Zion Church of Balto., which holds services in German and English, is located at 400 East Lexington Street. The church had no heat on Sunday.


FIRE DEPT. HDQ. ALSO AFFECTED

Entry fee demanded from steam supplier

By Anthony C. Hayes

Services at Zion Church of Baltimore are generally filled with a warm, welcoming air, one befitting the congenial German congregation adjacent to City Hall, on East Lexington Street between Holliday and Gay Streets.

Parishioners attending this past Sunday were certainly greeted warmly, but there was a noticeable chill in the air:  The steam service which the church depends on to heat the 19th Century building was cut off, the casualty of a dispute between supplier Veolia Energy and JBL Real Estate, the owner of an adjacent property which houses Sonar nightclub.  ............

READ THE REST OF TONY HAYES' EXCLUSIVE STORY FOR VOICE OF BALTIMORE AThttp://voiceofbaltimore.org/archives/941



Voice of Baltimore - By Anthony C. Hayes: 'COLD WAR' -- Church near City Hall has no heat, parishioners left in the cold
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Hassan Giordano: Carl Stokes confirmed and sworn-in by

Carl Stokes confirmed and sworn-in to fill Baltimore City Council vacancy

Stokes confirmed and sworn-in (Slideshow): “Last night the Baltimore City Council unanimously confirmed the selection of Carl Stokes to fill the vacancy in the 12th council district. The former two-term councilman (2nd) and 1999 Mayoral candidate was then immediately sworn in by Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake…”

[…]

Article Found Here: http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-1899-Baltimore-Independent-Examiner~y2010m3d9-Stokes-confirmed-and-swornin-Slideshow

Also find Hassan Giordano here:

Reporters' Roundtable TV/Radio http://www.reportersroundtable.com/ Host

Baltimore Independent Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-1899-Baltimore-Independent-Examiner

Baltimore(MD) 2010 Elections Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-34863-Baltimore-Elections-2010-Examiner

GCOMM Media Co. Senior Associate

20100309 sdsom Stokes confirmed sworn in by Giordano Journalists Giordana Hassan, MD Baltimore, MD Baltimore City govt

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Wednesday, December 2, 2009

The other shoe drops on Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon

For the love of shoes

December 1, 2009 by Kevin Dayhoff http://tinyurl.com/ykjdkjw
Click here for a larger image: http://twitpic.com/rtdv4 or here http://kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/post/266103473/who-can-forget-when-baltimore-mayor-sheila-dixon

Wbal.com is reporting VERDICT IN DIXON CASE: A Baltimore Circuit Court jury has found Mayor Sheila Dixon GUILTY of one count of misappropriation

But it ain't over 'til the fat lady sings. She'll appeal...
That said, this is alleged to be about more than a few gift cards that may or may not have been mishandled. On face value the charge seems so Mickey Mouse.

However... there's the rest of the story...

Some will suggest that the conviction is a result of her karma.

The conviction certainly raises more questions than answers at the moment and for those who think that this has been a soap opera of kindergarten proportions, you ain’t seen nothing yet.

Although I have met Mayor Dixon a couple of times, I do not know her. Many folks who do know her have praised her for her work ethic and love of the city. Many of her employees have spoken well of her.

However, there has been a cloud hanging over her for many years.

Whether that cloud is real or not, the perception persists.

What has yet to be determined to everyone’s satisfaction is whether or not there really is a fire somewhere associated with that cloud of smoke.

In spite of the accolades bestowed upon her by mutual friends, her reputation for having a cold and aloof – if not condescending manner towards those who do not share her position of power and prestige has not served her well.

Folks have quietly suggested that her manner is a manifestation of the arrogance of power and the lack of accountability that plagues one party ruling factions.

By many measures, the once proud city of Baltimore appears to continue in decline and that makes many sad.

Whether it is the perception of crime and corruption or the simple practical issue that you go to Baltimore in absolute fear of having some Kafkaesque experience with a parking ticket; the avoidance of traveling to Baltimore for business or art and cultural events continues.

While many had hopes for a phoenix-like turnaround with former Mayor O’Malley, our hopes have not been realized under the tenure of Mayor Dixon.

As for the mayor herself, she appears to be a person who has accomplished so much in spite of being such a fictional Dickensian character with Shakespearian character flaws.

Some of it would be humorous if it was not the stuff of fiction, but it is not…

Who cannot quietly chuckle at the time she gave members of the media the finger… Click here for a larger image: http://twitpic.com/rtdv4

And then there is the matter of Mayor Dixon and the persistence of shoes being a major prop in her own Kabuki morality play…

Apparently her affection for shoes – to actually wear – is relatively well documented in her current challenges.

The there is that other shoe incident from 1999…

“Although Dixon is often remembered—primarily by white voters—as the incendiary force behind "the shoe incident" in 1991 (when she taunted white council members about the effects of redistricting by waving her high heel and yelling, "Now the shoe is on the other foot.")…” The City Paper http://www.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=2587

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“The Mayor's team found a way to hide the old city council shoe video…” “Shelia Dixon Gives the Media the Finger” Tuesday, January 13, 2009 Adam Meister, Baltimore Examiner http://wbal.com/apps/news/templates/smith_show.aspx?articleid=19569&zoneid=13

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“Though Dixon was already a well-known and well-established political figure at the time, the prospect of her becoming mayor had left many uneasy. Indeed, during the 2006 gubernatorial election there were whispers among city voters that a vote for the popular O'Malley as governor would amount to a vote for a Dixon administration at City Hall.”

[…]

“Dixon's nearly 20 years in public office have not been without controversy. When she was City Council president, The Baltimore Sun reported extensively on apparent conflicts of interest involving a firm that employed her sister, Janice. The paper also disclosed that Janice Dixon was on the public payroll as an employee in Sheila Dixon's office, a fact which the then-council president was required by law to report but did not.

“‘I stand by me being very straightforward and cooperative and that I didn't do anything wrong,’ Dixon said.

“The public's first real impression of Dixon probably came 16 years ago, when she was a young member of the City Council, and - at least for some Whites – she came across as a divisive firebrand. That came at a redistricting meeting when she famously waved a shoe at her White colleagues and said, ‘You've been running things for the last 20 years. Now, the shoe is on the other foot.’

“Dixon said the shoe-waving incident was ‘misinterpreted,’ but acknowledges she gets excited about things that are important to her. ‘Do I still get passionate about issues? I do,’ she said.”
Dixon Impresses Early On, But Questions Remain By Jonathan N. Crawford Capital News Service Thursday, May 3, 2007 http://www.washingtoninformer.com/NATBaltimoreMayer2007May3.html

It ain’t over yet. There are more acts to follow in this morality play – and there is sure to be a sequel after the sequel...

Seems a shame for someone so bright and talented, who presents as spoiled brat who is now earning back years of bad karma.

Memo to Mayor Dixon: Always take care of people when you are going up, because ya never know when you are coming down.

It must be lonely to be Mayor Sheila Dixon these days….

To be continued…

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The other shoe drops on Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon
http://tinyurl.com/ykjdkjw http://twitpic.com/rtdv4

Who can forget when Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon gave the media the finger?
http://tinyurl.com/ykjdkjw http://twitpic.com/rtdv4 http://kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/post/266103473/who-can-forget-when-baltimore-mayor-sheila-dixon

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More on the other shoe drops on Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon
http://tinyurl.com/ykjdkjw http://twitpic.com/rtdv4

More on who can forget when Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon gave the media the finger?
http://tinyurl.com/ykjdkjw http://twitpic.com/rtdv4
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Thursday, September 3, 2009

On Holliday n Baltimore

On Holliday n Baltimore

Click here for a larger image: http://tinyurl.com/lccvxf

View from my seat while eating lunch in downtown Baltimore at the corner of Holliday and Baltimore Streets, at the Big Apple Tree Café on Tuesday, September 1, 2009

20090901 Holliday Baltimore
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Monday, June 29, 2009

MTA officer charged with raping 15 year old Elkridge girl

MTA officer charged with raping 15 year old Elkridge girl

June 29, 2009

From Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoff earlier today...

baltimoresunMTA officer charged with raping 15-year-old Elkridge girl who asked him for help finding her way home on the light rail. http://tr.im/qdM4

Can someone please explain to me why anyone uses the Baltimore public transportation system?

I’m just asking…

It seems that there is no end to the parade of stories about violence and crime on Baltimore public transportation…

Believe – it; it’s unbelievable.

How much more will Baltimore deteriorate before something is done? The city’s reputation for crime, violence, corruption, and ineptitude is no longer national – anecdotal accounts indicate that it may be global.

And it is sad. I used to love to go to Baltimore for its restaurants, museums, theater, movies and historic places… And I miss visiting Baltimore…

Related:

20090601 Baltimore police try to quell violence downtown

20090615 Dispatch from Bodymore Murderland by Gregory Kane

20090109 WBAL Baltimore Mayor Dixon Indicted

MD Baltimore, MD Baltimore City Issues, Politics corruption Baltimore crime, Law Order, MD Baltimore quality of life

20090629 sdosm MTA officer charged with raping 15 year old Elkridge girl

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Dispatch from Bodymore, Murderland By: Gregory Kane

Related: 20090601 Baltimore police try to quell violence downtown

Dispatch from Bodymore, Murderland By: Gregory Kane

Examiner Columnist 6/15/09

Whitey, don’t let the sun set on you in Bodymore, Murderland. That’s neither an official or unofficial slogan for Baltimore yet, but it’s not because some of our more dysfunctional citizens aren’t trying to make it so.

Bodymore, Murderland IS the unofficial city nickname. It comes to us courtesy of those who appeared in the first “Stop Snitching” DVD, and they should know: They’re responsible for many of the dead bodies and the murders.

The overwhelming majority of those bodies are black ones, dispatched by black perps. But the few white bodies may end up giving Baltimore a notorious reputation as a city where whites just aren’t safe.

Some of those white bodies are still alive, no thanks to their attackers. George Williams, a police officer from Brick Township, N.J., is a white guy who survived after a group of black teens kicked his head “back and forth like a soccer ball” he said in one news story during a late-May incident in downtown Baltimore. Williams said the teens accused him of uttering a racial slur to justify the attack, but he denies making any derogatory racial remarks.

Williams’ case sounds similar to that of Sarah Kreager and Troy Ennis, a white couple who were assaulted on a Baltimore transit bus in late 2007. A group of middle-school teens were the culprits in that case, who accused Ennis of using the racial slur and Kreager of spitting on one of the students.

[…]

How do we account for black teens in this day and age, who’ve seen little to none of the racism and segregation that their elders have seen, harboring such a sense of racial grievance and dudgeon? Might it be black leadership? (Although I’m fond of calling it “black misleadership.”)

Bad as the cases of Williams, Kreager and Ennis were, they pale in comparison to the ones of Zachary Sowers, Jennifer Morelock and David Woycio. Three black teens robbed Sowers; one beat him so badly that it left him comatose for nearly a year before his wife, Anna Sowers, had his doctors remove him from life support.

Morelock and Woycio were a white couple from Carroll County who ventured into the western section of Baltimore in the spring of 2006. Both were shot dead. A police officer, acting on a tip, stopped then-17-year-old Davon David Temple to question him as a possible suspect.

According to the cop, Temple agreed to a search of his cell phone’s contents. The officer found this text message in the cell phone’s inbox: “I shot 2 white people around my way 2day and one of them was a woman.”

[…]

In three years, not one Baltimore elected official has protested the disgrace of a guy who might be a confessed murderer walking the streets. Not the current mayor, Sheila Dixon. Not Gov. Martin O’Malley, who was Baltimore’s mayor when this shameful incident happened and who criticized Baltimore State’s Attorney Patricia Jessamy for everything BUT this one decision.


Read the entire column here: Dispatch from Bodymore, Murderland By: Gregory Kane

And be sure to follow all Gregory Kane’s columns in the Washington Examiner. He tells it like it is.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/gregory-kane/Dispatch-from-Bodymore-Murderland-48061142.html

20090615 Dispatch from Bodymore Murderland by Gregory Kane

Meanwhile in other news from the Examiner:

Gerald Walpin speaks: The inside story of the AmeriCorps firing

What's behind Obama's sudden attempt to fire the AmeriCorps inspector general?

First lady extends her reach at the White House

Gangster government's grip on the AmeriCorps

Krispy Kreme fires back; suit moved to federal court

Raising taxes by the mile

Tysons Corner ad shocks Vietnam vets

Dispatch from Bodymore, Murderland

NASCAR Mexico driver Carlos Pardo killed in crash at race in Puebla

The RAT hiding deep inside the stimulus bill

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Baltimore police try to quell violence downtown

STATE: Baltimore police try to quell violence downtown

By The Associated Press Monday, June 01, 2009

BALTIMORE — A string of random attacks in downtown Baltimore has prompted police to beef up patrols around the Inner Harbor and other tourist-friendly areas.

In several incidents, tourists and city residents have been beaten by roving groups of young people who say little and take nothing from their victims.

The victims include an off-duty police officer from New Jersey and his girlfriend, who said they were beaten by a group of young men and women. The officer, George Williams, wrote a letter to Mayor Sheila Dixon saying that they now feel unsafe in Baltimore.

[…]


20090601 Baltimore police try to quell violence downtown

http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/articles/2009/06/01/news/breaking_news/99baltimore.txt

Saturday, March 21, 2009

mBUSHed Jenna Bush Secret Service vehicle towed


amBUSHed - Jenna Bush Secret Service vehicle towed for unpaid parking tickets By Stephen Janis Friday, 20 March 2009 11:29

Investigative Voice

(When I was young and idealistic, I lived in Charles Village for a year. Although I do not recall ever getting a parking ticket - parking and worry over parking enforcement are not my fonder memories. However, I will always remember my truck being towed once. To this day I never saw the sign… and I have never thoroughly understood why it was towed. If was an off-the-scale unpleasant experience. It re-wired my entire outlook on going to Baltimore for anything. In other major cities – I use public transportation – which is beyond horrid in Baltimore. Kevin Dayhoff)

Not even the U.S. Secret Service is immune from the wrath of Baltimore parking agents.

Baltimore parking authority officials confirmed today that Jenna Bush's Secret Service vehicle was towed for several unpaid parking tickets.

The Secret Service vehicle was towed from in front of Bush's South Baltimore home, a source told Investigative Voice. Vehicles are booted and towed for three or more unpaid parking tickets.


More: amBUSHed - Jenna Bush Secret Service vehicle towed for unpaid parking tickets

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Friday, January 9, 2009

WBAL: Baltimore Mayor Dixon Indicted

WBAL: Baltimore Mayor Dixon Indicted

As the list of indicted elected officials grows longer, and longer and longer…

I just put it up on Twitter and notice that Tom LoBianco and Jamie Kelly are also on top of it…

tomlobianco Batimore Mayor Sheila Dixon indicted http://is.gd/f1Mt

jamietie RT @baltimoresun: BREAKING: Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon has been indicted by a grand jury. (bad time to be a politician)

Friday, January 09, 2009 WBAL Radio

Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon has been indicted on public corruption charges.

The 31-page, 12-count indictment includes charges of perjury, theft, and misconduct in office.

The indictment follows a three-year long investigation by the state prosecutor's office into City Hall finances.

[…]

Dixon became the city's 48th mayor in January 2007, succeeding Martin O'Malley. She served on the City Council for 12 years.

Councilwoman Helen Holton and Lipscomb were indicted Wednesday on charges of bribery.

Read the rest of WBAL’s new report here: WBAL: Baltimore Mayor Dixon Indicted

http://wbal.com/apps/news/templates/story.aspx?articleid=19396&zoneid=40

20090109 WBAL Baltimore Mayor Dixon Indicted

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Sunday, December 30, 2007

NPR: 'The Wire' to Focus on Baltimore Newspaper

NPR: 'The Wire' to Focus on Baltimore Newspaper

by David Folkenflik

Listen Now [7 min 19 sec] add to playlist

Morning Edition, December 28, 2007 · The final season of the HBO series The Wire, which dramatizes how real-world institutions and leaders repeatedly failed the people of Baltimore, gets under way Jan. 6. Creator David Simon is turning his critical eye on journalism, namely The Baltimore Sun and the role that paper plays on a dysfunctional urban stage. The past four seasons have scrutinized the police department, City Hall, and the school system.

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Sunday, June 10, 2007

20070610 The Last Train to Clarksville

The Last Train to Clarksville

June 10th, 2007

On June 10th, 2007 Maryland Politics Today had a post titled “The Last Money Train To Clarksville.”

As much as I appreciated P. Kenneth Burns calling to our attention the need of Baltimore mayor Dixon to go outside of the city for support for her re-election campaign, I was particularly intrigued with the reference to the “Last Train to Clarksville.”

And only Mr. Burns knows if he was referring to mayor Dixon’s trip to Howard County in the manner in which the 1966 Monkees’ meant it… Or if he was referring to mayor Dixon and “Betamax” metaphorically or if it is a coincidence…

But what a trip down memory lane that reference causes an aging Baby Boomer such as me. Although, I gotta tell ya, “The Monkees” were a little lame for my taste to put it mildly; it nevertheless brings back a time and place from many years ago.

And it comes on the heels of just writing a Westminster Eagle column on aspects of 1967 last Wednesday, June 6th, 2007: Dwight Dingle, 'Sgt. Pepper' and a bathtub band :

“It was 40 years ago last Saturday, June 2, 1967, when the Beatles released their eighth album, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." Although musical taste can be fiercely debated, many music critics and publications consider this album to be one of the most influential of all time. Rolling Sto...”

“The Last Train to Clarksville,” from 1966, may be considered to be a pop song and to be sure, it certainly has a bubblegum feel and sound to it. Nevertheless the song was about a serious dynamic in the lives of young men eligible for military duty.

The song, with its “pop flavor” and seemingly light-hearted approach is forever engrained in my head as a great example of cognitive dissonance…

Listen to the lyrics.[1]

The song is about a man who is trying to arrange one last date with his sweetheart because he has been drafted and he is about to be deployed to Vietnam. Listen for :

'Cause I'm leavin' in the morning

And I must see you again

We'll have one more night together

'Til the morning brings my train.

And I must go, oh, no, no, no!

Oh, no, no, no!

And I don't know if I'm ever coming home.

And the reference to “Betamax players [2] in home” was equally a hoot. Yes, I actually still have content on old “beta” tapes.” And I thought some of the data migration from my old columns and short stories in DOS-based “Word Perfect” was hard…

And I cannot imagine hardly any of our younger readers are aware of whar being “betamaxed” means… (“A superior technology that is overtaken by an inferior one.”)

Anyway, thanks a bunch for memory Mr. Burns…

Meanwhile if you are not reading Mr. Burn’s excellent work at Maryland Politics Today,” there is no better time than now…. Err, after ya watch, “The Last Train to Clarksville” by the Monkees:





Oh what the heck… Let’s hear more. This is a song that I did like:

“Valerie”



I liked this one too:

The Monkees - A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You





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[1] Last Train to Clarksville

Words and Music by

Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart

Take the last train to Clarksville,

And I'll meet you at the station.

You can be be there by four thirty,

'Cause I made your reservation.

Don't be slow, oh, no, no, no!

Oh, no, no, no!

'Cause I'm leavin' in the morning

And I must see you again

We'll have one more night together

'Til the morning brings my train.

And I must go, oh, no, no, no!

Oh, no, no, no!

And I don't know if I'm ever coming home.

Take the last train to Clarksville.

I'll be waiting at the station.

We'll have time for coffee flavored kisses

And a bit of conversation.

Oh... Oh, no, no, no!

Oh, no, no, no!

Take the last train to Clarksville,

Now I must hang up the phone.

I can't hear you in this noisy

Railroad station all alone.

I'm feelin' low. Oh, no, no, no!

Oh, no, no, no!

And I don't know if I'm ever coming home.

Take the last train to Clarksville,

Take the last train to Clarksville,

[repeat and fade]

[2] Betamax:

The first half-inch, analog videocassette recorder (VCR) format, introduced by Sony in 1975 and commonly known as "Beta." The first Betamax cassettes held only one hour of video, but the capacity was subsequently increased to hold an entire movie. Sony later introduced Beta Hi-fi, which improved audio quality, and SuperBeta, which offered a better image.


Beta Vs. VHS


One year after Beta was introduced, the VHS format came out with a slightly larger cassette that held a full movie from the start. VHS began to overtake Beta almost immediately, but for several years, both formats were widely used, and pre-packaged movies were offered in both Beta and VHS. By the late 1980s, Beta had been almost entirely eclipsed by VHS, although Betamax machines were still manufactured by Sony until 2002.


Betamaxed!


The Betamax technology was considered to have superior image quality over VHS, but was hardly noticeable on ordinary home equipment, especially if the recording was done off the air and not from a high-quality master tape. To this day however, "Betamaxed" refers to a superior technology that is overtaken by an inferior one. See VHS, helical scan, Beta/VHS debacle and Betacam.