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You Tell Us: Will the Grand Prix be a Boost for Baltimore?

The mayoral candidates trade jabs about the first Baltimore Grand Prix, but we want to know what our readers think.

With the inaugural Baltimore Grand Prix set for Sept. 4, just nine days before the city’s Democratic mayoral primary, the race was bound to become a political issue.

Monday afternoon, mayoral candidate Otis Rolley called on Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to release all documents related to the race to show its economic impact on the city.

During the campaign, Rolley has repeatedly accused the mayor of being too focused on downtown and the city’s tourism industry.

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The mayor has previously dismissed the notion that she is too concerned with downtown as media-created.  On Monday, her campaign called Rolley’s request to release documents a desperate stunt to draw attention to his campaign.

“The Grand Prix will bring 100,000 people to Baltimore on Labor Day weekend.  It will provide a tremendous boost to struggling small businesses like restaurants and shops - as well as hotels.  And it is unbelievably cynical for Mr. Rolley to try to lift his failing campaign by belittling something that will boost our economy and improve Baltimore’s image nationally and internationally,” Rawlings-Blake campaign spokeswoman Keiana Page said in a press release. 

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