Baltimore mayor says $1.8 million emergency request from BOPA was last straw

Mayor Brandon Scott said Tuesday that the $1.8 million request last month for emergency funds from the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts convinced him to terminate the city’s contract with the quasi-governmental agency. “That was the straw that broke the camel’s back,” Scott told Tom Hall, host of “Midday with the Mayor” on WYPR-FM. “For me this was about responsibility. When I saw their fiscal situation and I knew how many taxpayer dollars were already being put into BOPA, this was the only decision that could be made.”