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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am from Baltimore and I’m not entirely upset. The state and the Fed have poured billions into Baltimore over the last few decades with little to show for it but persistent problems that never get better. It really is not fair to the rest of the state to keep dumping money into Baltimore. The problems are much deeper than what money can solve. It’s throwing more money after bad.

I’m also astute enough to know that just about all the redevelopment money that is pouring into Baltimore is private money. And that money is making a difference. The key safe parts of the city have grown and gotten better and more desirable. The state didn’t have a role in that.

I will be supporting Hogan because his responsibilities are to the entire state, not just Baltimore. And he’s done a good job from that perspective.

Let’s be frank. Even O’Malley didn’t do much for Baltimore once he became governor despite having been the mayor. [/quote]

Is the more then ten percent of the state population that live in Baltimore or the fifty percent of the state that live in the greater Baltimore area not Hogan’s constituents?  He has repeatedly screwed Baltimore kids by underfunding the Thornton requirememts and killed the red line which would have created 10,000 jobs in Baltimore and solved a long standing public transportation problem that makes it difficult for many city residents to get to to jobs.  He then compounded the problem by dramatically cutting bus services to inner city neighborhoods,

It is ironic that the law and order governor has seen the Baltimore murder rate double during his time in office.

As long as Baltimore is in its current condition, it is going to repress business development throughout the state.  No man lives in a bubble—as Baltimore goes, so goes the state.[/quote]

The Baltimore suburbs have no love for the city. Spend some time in the burbs and you’ll soon realize that. Few voters in the suburbs will be voting based on what Hogan does or does not do for the city.

Baltimore City is still an economic center but it’s far less important than it was 50 years ago. Washington is the real economic machine for Maryland.

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I live in Baltimore County and work in Baltimore city, but thanks for incorrectly explaining the political dynamics of my community to me.[/quote]

Baltimkre city resident here. The suburbs do not love the city. There is a very long history of racial and social divides between the city and the suburbs. A lot of people, and I mean a lot, thoroughly despise the city. It’s unfortunate but also understandable.

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Again, thanks for explaining my community to me but your stereotype is just as off as the other one.  Most of my neighbors work inthe city, send their kids to private schools in the city and by no means despise the city.  You have to go out to the rural outer suburbs to find the attitude you are describing.[/quote]

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