Wednesday, April 5, 2017 Later this evening – at 6 PM in Room 003 of the Carroll County office building at 225 North Center St. in Westminster – the County’s Planning and Zoning Commission is having a hearing at which the Commission will discuss a “text amendment.” This text amendment would alter the language of […] Continue reading → 
The other day, someone asked us how we would bring employers to Baltimore. It’s a good question that we’ve decided to answer in print. Here, in no particular order, are some simple strategies that we think the state and/or city should be supporting. If you’re interested, you can buy us lunch at a cheap diner […] Continue reading → 
For those of you who have been following the coming of a new LIDL grocery store to Eldersburg… “Excuse me.” Uh, sure. Did you need something? “Yes. What’s a ‘Liddle’?” Good question. Actually, it’s pronounced “Leedle,” like “needle,” but with an L. LIDL is a huge grocery store chain, with 10,000+ stores in Europe, that’s […] Continue reading → 
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Every once in a while, we come across a first-term elected official who means well, a good guy who has potential, but who somehow gets off track, who goes down a road, takes a wrong turn and can’t find his way home. Four years later, he’s out, a promising career in government ended early. Councilman […] Continue reading → 
For those of you interested in the redevelopment of what used to be the Owings Mills Mall property, there’s a great article we recommend that you read. It’s called “An Uncertain Future.” It’s a highly informative piece that includes some choice quotes from Baltimore County Council Members Julian Jones who represents District 4 where the […] Continue reading → 
Earlier today, President-Elect Donald Trump, together with Japanese businessman Masayoshi Son, CEO of the Softbank Group, jointly announced that Son will be investing a whopping $50 billion in the United States over the next 3 years, creating 50,000 jobs. What a crock. Why do we say that? Well, because, on the face of it, the $50 billion […] Continue reading → 
…or “Wac-A-Molonomics” as we like to call it, but it’s hard to pronounce. Now we finally understand President-Elect Trump’s keep-jobs-in-America policy. It’s his own special version of the classic arcade game, Wac-A-Mole. On November 29, Mr. Trump – author, in name only, of the classic “Art Of The Deal” – took great pride in announcing […] Continue reading → 
At the November 21 legislative session of the Baltimore County Council, District 4 Councilman Julian Jones introduced Bill 85-16 to limit store size on Kimco’s Mall property. See “Jones For President?” for details. It was the right and politically smart thing to do. Today, roughly between 1 and 2 PM, just 8 days after he […] Continue reading → 
Our belated congratulations to Catherine Pugh for having been elected Mayor of Baltimore. Well done. Mayor-elect Pugh is, hands down, the most capable person to be elected by the city in decades. The only problem is, she may be too capable and may, soon enough, find herself mired in the quicksand that is the city […] Continue reading →