Dust is still settling in City Hall following a remarkable showdown Wednesday, in which disagreements over Mayor Brandon Scott’s controversial deal with Baltimore Gas & Electric exposed fault lines among some of the city’s top political players. The deal with BGE has fueled heated exchanges between the first-term Democrat and other elected officials in recent weeks. But the tenor of disagreement reached a new level Wednesday, when the administration forced the contract through the city’s spending board despite a boycott by City Council President Nick Mosby and Comptroller Bill Henry. Mosby and Henry insist the vote taken in their absence was illegitimate.
Unlikely allies, rising criticism and other takeaways from Baltimore’s conduit dust-up
February 17, 2023