With the primary behind us… Well, not exactly. The Maryland State Board of Elections has still not published data for provisional votes or the second round of absentee ballots. Presumably it will before the winners are formally certified on Friday. But okay, with the primary almost behind us and the general election just six months ahead, we can’t be the only ones thinking that our election process could stand improvement.
Category Archives: Baltimore
JOB$: Which neighborhoods qualify?
Over the weekend, we published our new flier for “JOB$, The Employer Funding Program From Baltimore Rising.” The purpose of the program is to help employers obtain bank financing for $100,000 to $10 million that they need to relocate or expand inside Baltimore neighborhoods that are struggling.
JOB$ – The Employer Funding Service from Baltimore Rising
Hey. We have an exciting program to tell you about. Just click on the link below to see the flier. And then, if you’re interested – and you will be – come back to fill out our form.
Thanks. Don’t hesitate to call or email us if you have any questions. And please, if you’re not personally interested, help us spread the word.
Now what? (Results revised to include final count.)
Note: The original text of this piece has been updated to reflect the final count published by the Maryland State Board of Elections on Friday evening, May 6, 2016.
First of all, our sincere and enthusiastic congratulations to Democratic Nominee for Mayor Catherine Pugh. Senator, soon to be Mayor Pugh has worked long and hard over a noteworthy career of public service. Hers is a well-deserved victory. We wish her luck and can only hope that she lives up to her potential and to the promise of her candidacy. …One more comment about Ms. Pugh in a moment.
The Last Reason To Vote
Waiting to vote., A small price to pay to assert control over our city government.
By now, candidates, your mother, friends – who seriously believe that their participation in the election makes them superior – and others have given you the standard reasons why you should vote. Let’s review them briefly…
A Tale Of Two Candidates
Hi. A lot has been said of late about the costs of running for Mayor and about two candidates in particular. One is self-made millionaire venture capitalist David Warnock. The other is a government employee, attorney Elizabeth Embry. Mr. Warnock is wealthy. Ms. Embry is not.
Money can’t buy you love.
David Warnock is a good man. He’s just not a good candidate with anything exceptional to offer the people of Baltimore.
Smart and hard working, he has a long-proven record of success as a venture capitalist and has spent millions of his own money through his foundation and other initiatives for the benefit of his adopted city. So why isn’t he doing better in the polls?
The simple answer is, money can’t buy you love. (Be sure to click on the link!)
Our Desperate Need For Election Reform
Life is short. Let’s get right down to business. Three points…
One is that we need to extend the limit on campaign contributions, which is now $6000 per person or entity, to cover the candidates themselves.
In the race for Mayor of Baltimore, David Warnock has spent in excess of $1.5 million of his own money, mostly for broadcast television commercials, and he’s still stuck under 10% in the polls.
Is raising the minimum wage a good thing for Baltimore?
What if everyone working in the city made at least the full-time equivalent of $31,200/year?
Just about everyone running for office, including for Mayor of Baltimore, is endorsing increasing the minimum wage from $8.25/hour to $15/hour. Now who wouldn’t be in favor of that?
“Good question.”
Major Mayoral Candidate Turnout
New to the city, this primary will be the first time David Warnock has voted for Mayor.
The question is, “Have the leading candidates for Mayor been good citizens when it comes to voting?”
Take a look at the table below. You’ll have to click on the link to see it. Blow it up if the type is too small for you.
David Warnock: More committed to Baltimore or to making money?
As part of our continuing study of the most interesting candidates running for Mayor, we’ve been focusing recently on David Warnock.
Mr. Warnock has an exceptional story. A self-made millionaire venture capitalist, in many respects he is a personification of the American dream, an example many in the City of Baltimore will envy and hope to emulate. But is he the best, the right choice to lead the all-inclusive economic recovery and growth, to create the jobs that will, sooner rather than later, eliminate the unemployment and poverty that have plagued the city for generations – and that are, without question, the root cause of so many of Baltimore’s problems?
Is there a conflict of interest that might disqualify mayoral candidate David Warnock?
Mayoral Candidate David Warnock is justifiably proud of his accomplishments in business. He should be. Starting with very little, he’s made a great deal of money – millions of which he has used through his Warnock Foundation and other means to help people in the city of Baltimore. It’s a great story and he deserves our respect for his accomplishments – and for his willingness to walk away from what he has built for a second, much more demanding and less lucrative career in public service.