Future of Harborplace will be decided at the ballot box

As momentous as Monday evening’s 14-1 vote by the Baltimore City Council to approve a trio of bills authorizing the redevelopment of Harborplace was, the most important vote is still yet to come. Too often lost in the weeks of debate over the redevelopment plan proposed by P. David Bramble and his MCB Real Estate company is that the project requires a charter amendment, which will be put before city voters on the Nov. 5 general election ballot. In other words, the last word remains with the residents of Baltimore.