Towing contract at center of racial allegation canceled by Baltimore spending board

Baltimore’s spending board terminated a contract with a city towing vendor Wednesday over vigorous objections from City Council President Nick Mosby and the vendor himself. The decision capped weeks of investigation, argument and an allegation of racism over a probe of the contract, sparked by a January report from Baltimore Inspector General Isabel Mercedes Cumming saying West Baltimore vendor Universal Towing violated the terms of its contract by towing three vehicles to a private rather than a city lot