IamGayle
-
The Basics
-
IamGayle on Patch
-
More Stuff
Comments
-
On the article Trial of Blogger Who Broadcast Police Standoff Begins Wednesday
-
On the article Open Thread: Does the City Budget Reflect Residents’ Priorities?
IamGayle
10:49 am on Monday, May 6, 2013
Reply"Does the city’s budget reflect residents’ priorities?"
Does this question really need to be asked? Little to nothing of the decision making by city council reflects the tax payers/residents priorities. If our priorities were being met, many of those in the city council would be replaced. -
On the article Clear Channel Argues Against Billboard Tax
IamGayle
8:50 am on Friday, April 26, 2013
ReplyWhy should the Maryland Zoo and the Walters Art Museum have thier funding cut it this doesn't pass? Why not but the budgets of the city's spending board as well as the "gifts" the city council, etc. receive??
-
On the article Billboard Tax Faces City Council Hearing
IamGayle
9:00 am on Thursday, April 25, 2013
ReplyExactly Baltimore Matt! Does this mean that if Henry runs for...whatever it is he does again, and has another billboard put up with his handsome face on it, that THAT billboard will be taxed too??
-
On the article Open Thread: What Do You Think of New City Tax Proposals?
IamGayle
5:49 pm on Monday, April 22, 2013
Funny once again ST2! I too have come to fully understand this saying as well! Being wise and tuned in can be a real drag sometimes...often times actually....
-
On the article Open Thread: What Do You Think of New City Tax Proposals?
IamGayle
5:08 pm on Monday, April 22, 2013
ReplyOh and back to Adam...can you crunch the numbers for us? In just 365 days, how many millions in tax income has been turned away??
-
On the article Open Thread: What Do You Think of New City Tax Proposals?
IamGayle
5:07 pm on Monday, April 22, 2013
ReplyST2. Things actually could be worse ya know. You could be oblivious to all of this and believe that these folks in office actually represent us and have our best interest in mind. It still amazes me that soe folks think I simply make this stuff up!
And at the end of the day ST@... you are wise and see things as they really are. A much worse fate would be to be one of 'them'. -
On the article Open Thread: What Do You Think of New City Tax Proposals?
IamGayle
4:51 pm on Monday, April 22, 2013
ReplyMany elected officials gained votes by adhering to the back room deals that go on each day downtown. "Just do as they tell you to do and keep your mouth shut" Their votes were paid for. Though their is a cap on how much money one can donate to a campaign fund, there are ways around this as well. And the more money there is backing up a candidate, the more advertising they get, and the more support they get from our illustrious local media. Sigh...... It's so incredibly blatant and yet...... it's condoned. Too much meny and too much power and it extends FAR beyond the city and the state. Accountability.....one can dream I suppose, yet...in reality it's a nightmare....
-
On the article Open Thread: What Do You Think of New City Tax Proposals?
IamGayle
4:13 pm on Monday, April 22, 2013
ReplyI hear you Robin, as I feel like I'm in similar circumstances. This is my hometown, and yet...I feel it's necessary to the the city and state, just so that I can survive. I see Hopkins listed in the BOE agendas often.
And accountability....yes! However, as a former Baltimore City cop told me years ago, when working with federal agents, that if there were to ever be an investigation done by the federal government on what's really going on, it would shut the city down. -
On the article Open Thread: What Do You Think of New City Tax Proposals?
IamGayle
3:24 pm on Monday, April 22, 2013
ReplyHow can we find out? This may or may not relate to this specific topic, but I'm wondering if a project is publicly funded are the books public information as well? Can we follow the money that we're spending on these projects? What money goes where and to whom?
IamGayle
10:52 am on Tuesday, May 7, 2013
What are the odds that Mr. MacArthur will actually get a fair trial in Baltimore, all things considered?? Will any of the Patch bloggers be there to support one of their own?