From organizing buses to Annapolis, low-cost ticket options and a flexible dress code, Gov.-elect Wes Moore is trying to make sure as many people as possible can attend inaugural events.
“I just have to say it: If the county owns an alley, are we responsible to repair the alley if we deem it needs to be repaired?” Baltimore County Council chair Julian Jones asked before emphasizing: “We own the alley.”
Additional performances by beloved local R&B group Dru Hill, Baltimore trumpeter Brandon Woody, ballerina Caroline Rocher Barnes, and others are scheduled
Unlike the U.S. House of Representatives down the road in Washington, there was no drama in Annapolis. Senate President Bill Ferguson and House of Delegates Speaker Adrienne A. Jones were both re-elected to their posts on unanimous, bipartisan votes.
Mayor Brandon Scott is expected to lay out his goals and priorities for the legislative session Thursday afternoon, and Baltimore’s top lobbyist said City Hall will focus on painting the Moore administration an “overall picture of what Baltimore’s holistic need is.”
Gov.-elect Wes Moore’s plans for cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay offer the best opportunity in years for historic restoration of the watershed, Josh Kurtz, Maryland executive director of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, says.
Here are my predictions for Annapolis and Anne Arundel County in 2023. They are unscientific, unsupported by anything other than wild guesses and, in all but one case, remarkably unlikely to come true. That way, you can’t really come after me if I’m wrong.