Anonymous
Post 01/19/2018 11:23     Subject: Hogan Slashes Baltimore Redevelopment funding

Anonymous wrote:I'm not murdering anyone. Neither are my neighbors.

If every person in Baltimore could just do that, and THAT alone, this problem would be solved.

Don't preach to me. I grew up poor AF in southwestern VA in a little squalid mining town you've never even heard of. Everyone was I knew was poor. But we didn't kill each other.


And this is why you're not an expert at solving the problems of inner cities. Don't have any actual ideas that might work in the real world? Then no need to spit out your holier-than-thou commentary.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2018 11:18     Subject: Re:Hogan Slashes Baltimore Redevelopment funding

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.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2018 10:36     Subject: Re:Hogan Slashes Baltimore Redevelopment funding

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Baltimore should be great—not one of the worst cities in N America.


It's not the fault of people in Silver Spring or Frederick that Baltimore is a hellhole. That blame lays squarely with the residents of Baltimore themselves.


+1. Stop being such a selfish jerk. It does no good for you to crow about your pristine privileged life in MoCo while Baltimore is becoming the murder capital of America. Crime isnt isolated like that.


Except that it is. And until the residents of Baltimore hold themselves accountable to a higher standard of civic engagement, they don't deserve the resources which are 100% guaranteed to be wasted. They need to show some traction, even the smallest expression that they give a damn about their own neighborhoods, schools, etc. How about parents exerting some influence and not letting lawless gangs of dirt bikes and ATVs terrorize their own neighborhoods and create added friction with the police? But right now? it is literally hopeless.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2018 09:47     Subject: Hogan Slashes Baltimore Redevelopment funding

I'm not murdering anyone. Neither are my neighbors.

If every person in Baltimore could just do that, and THAT alone, this problem would be solved.

Don't preach to me. I grew up poor AF in southwestern VA in a little squalid mining town you've never even heard of. Everyone was I knew was poor. But we didn't kill each other.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2018 23:36     Subject: Re:Hogan Slashes Baltimore Redevelopment funding

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Baltimore should be great—not one of the worst cities in N America.


It's not the fault of people in Silver Spring or Frederick that Baltimore is a hellhole. That blame lays squarely with the residents of Baltimore themselves.


+1. Stop being such a selfish jerk. It does no good for you to crow about your pristine privileged life in MoCo while Baltimore is becoming the murder capital of America. Crime isnt isolated like that.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2018 23:32     Subject: Re:Hogan Slashes Baltimore Redevelopment funding

Anonymous wrote:Baltimore should be great—not one of the worst cities in N America.


It's not the fault of people in Silver Spring or Frederick that Baltimore is a hellhole. That blame lays squarely with the residents of Baltimore themselves.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2018 18:39     Subject: Re:Hogan Slashes Baltimore Redevelopment funding

Baltimore should be great—not one of the worst cities in N America.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2018 18:33     Subject: Hogan Slashes Baltimore Redevelopment funding

I don't think people in Baltimore City are concerned about things happening in Rockville and Bethesda, either. So that's not a convincing argument for me.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2018 16:17     Subject: Hogan Slashes Baltimore Redevelopment funding

Anonymous wrote:I live in Montgomery. I give exactly ZERO F's about dumping a bunch of money into Baltimore to fix stuff that the people who live there destroyed during a temper tantrum.

I'm on the fence about Hogan, but this has a lot of appeal to me.


You guys act like EVERY resident in these neighborhoods were out there rioting. It has NO appeal to me because I know what happens when these projects and programs shutter. So, yea...if I lived in Baltimore County, Howard County or Anne Arundel County or any adjacent jurisdiction, I would be very concerned.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2018 16:10     Subject: Hogan Slashes Baltimore Redevelopment funding

I'm not rural or redneck, and I think spending money on programs in Baltimore is a waste, too.

Baltimore is a mess because of the people who live there. Punishing the rest of the state by spending a disproportionate amount of money in Baltimore is unfair to everyone else in the rest of Maryland.

As for Mogo, our county taxes are already high enough and we spend enough at the county-level that we frankly don't NEED state money to the extent that poorer rural counties with much smaller tax bases do. I get that. It's reasonable. Mogo probably has 10x the tax revenue as some eastern shore counties, so I get sending more money where there's less.

I think Hogan has done an ok job. He figured out the most important part early on - if something is working well, resist the urge to "fix it" more.

As for him supporting trump, it was pretty clear two years ago that there was no love lost between them. He wouldn't even say his name. So I don't know what you're smoking, but it must be medical-grade

Anonymous
Post 01/18/2018 14:57     Subject: Re:Hogan Slashes Baltimore Redevelopment funding

Hogan is only supported by the Trump loving rural populations. He does whatever he can to screw Baltimore and Montgomery County because they don't vote for him amd the rural voters with their Confederate flags love screwing a city with many AAs. This is a political move to endear his base to him just like the school calendar was a gift to his Ocean City donors. He's piddly and hasn't done anything for MD other than reward the marginal groups that supported him. As long as there is voter turn out and the democrats don't put up a complete idiot, he's losing next election and knows it.

He's done nothing for business so educated Republicans have no interest in him. He's always silently supportive of Trump stupidity which further distances him from educated Republicans and Democrats. There are some less educated, less informed democrats that think he's moderate but his only moderation is being flanked by a democratic state legislature.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2018 14:49     Subject: Hogan Slashes Baltimore Redevelopment funding

I live in Montgomery. I give exactly ZERO F's about dumping a bunch of money into Baltimore to fix stuff that the people who live there destroyed during a temper tantrum.

I'm on the fence about Hogan, but this has a lot of appeal to me.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2018 14:48     Subject: Re:Hogan Slashes Baltimore Redevelopment funding

Hogan is an idiot. Why would you slash community funding for at-risk populations at the time when the Baltimore murder rate is skyrocketing (even though the murder rate nationwide is dropping)?

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/bs-md-ci-per-capita-homicides-20171227-story.html
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2018 14:12     Subject: Hogan Slashes Baltimore Redevelopment funding

Anonymous wrote:Hogan's new budget proposal cuts funding to the Baltimore Recovery program, funding for community development programs created in response to the Freddie Gray protests, by more than half. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-hogan-budget-reax-20180117-story.html Guess the governor thinks everything is going swimmingly for kids in Baltimore city.


Meh.....those idiots destroyed their own neighborhoods, let them live with the results of their lawlessness.
Anonymous
Post 01/18/2018 12:07     Subject: Hogan Slashes Baltimore Redevelopment funding

Hogan's new budget proposal cuts funding to the Baltimore Recovery program, funding for community development programs created in response to the Freddie Gray protests, by more than half. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-hogan-budget-reax-20180117-story.html Guess the governor thinks everything is going swimmingly for kids in Baltimore city.