Budget Season Hits the Homestretch

It’s May, and that means we are in the homestretch of the budget season. Now that members of the Finance Committee have reviewed the proposed fiscal year 2012 spending plans for each of the City’s departments and offices and the full City Council has heard from the public, council members are in full deliberation mode [...]

Mayor Talks More About Market House; City Council to Consider Lease Amendments Tonight

Mayor Cohen continues to make the case about why the Market House lease with Gone to Market LLC, a Baltimore-based developer of markets, makes economic sense.
In an op/ed piece in The Capital on Sunday, the Mayor argues that the financial terms in the lease create the “incentive” for Gone to Market “to build up the [...]

‘Right vision … right operator … right protections’

In his video message this week (10:14), Mayor Cohen walks through the highlights of the City’s negotiated Market House lease with Gone to Market LLC, a Baltimore-based developer of markets. He explains what’s in the lease and what’s not.
From the mayor’s perspective, the 30-year lease “reflects the priorities of the City Council” because it provides [...]

Mayor on Barnstorming Mission to Meet with Constituents

It has been a long time – much too long, in fact – since we’ve checked in. Oh, there has been plenty to talk about.
New directors. Managing finances. Market House.
Removing trees in the Historic District. City Dock Advisory Committee. More new directors. Overhauling the Annapolis Transit routes. Market House.
Big rainstorm (try 10 inches). Flooding. Preparation [...]