Does this mean Wes Moore and John Angelos aren’t besties anymore? Throughout this long soap opera — the Angelos family feud over the stewardship of the Baltimore Orioles, the protracted negotiations for a new team lease at Camden Yards, worries and rumors about the O’s moving to Nashville, the governor’s very public celebration of a 30-year lease that wasn’t, then a 15-year, extendable lease with conditions, and now the surprising sale of the team to a billionaire and his partners — we kept hearing that Gov. Wes Moore and Orioles CEO John Angelos were friends.
This week’s guest is Baltimore City Council President Nick Mosby. Council President Mosby joins Center Maryland’s The Lobby Podcast to talk about everything that is happening in Baltimore City.
It’s only natural that when it came time for the squabbling Angelos family to finally strike a deal to sell the Baltimore Orioles, the first question on the minds of fans would be whether the new owner would have Charm City roots or not. The good news is that David Rubenstein, the private-equity billionaire who will have a controlling interest, is a Baltimore native and even a Baltimore City College man.
Finally, a glimmer of hope in Baltimore County. John “Johnny O.” Olszewski, Jr., who’s entering his sixth year as county executive and recently announced plans to run for Congress, has introduced his first bill aimed at bringing the county’s notoriously dysfunctional laws on planning, zoning and development into the 21st century. Bill 3-24 creates a mixed-use zoning designation that overlays other zoning districts, making it easier to develop mixed-use projects in underutilized manufacturing and business districts with access to transportation.
It’s a parent’s nightmare. In November, students at a Baltimore high school ended up in a hospital emergency department. After students reacted to consuming edibles, medical staff stabilized their symptoms and then sent them home — but the story could have ended much differently. Maryland legalized cannabis for adult use in 2023, joining other states. The legalization of cannabis is one of many ways that drug culture has changed in recent decades.
Maryland has realized limited success with creating vibrant communities and robust services near transportation hubs. However, highway congestion, limited transit services, the housing shortage, climate change legislation, the push for smart growth and the need for new drivers of economic development have convinced some public officials and private developers that Maryland needs to embark on a new, vigorous TOD effort. “Maryland has probably the greatest TOD potential of any state that I have seen. That’s due to a variety of reasons, including the relative compactness of its transit systems and the under-developed nature of many sites,” said Jon Laria, a lawyer with Ballard Spahr who chaired the Smart Growth working group for the Moore-Miller transition team. “The opportunities for TOD in Maryland are so plentiful but it has been so undervalued and under-pursued.”
The Pot Spring Community Association’s quest to slow traffic on Pot Spring Road started in the Timonium backyard of Anne Lewis Smith. The nurse practitioner was getting ready for work on June 16, 2021, when she got an urgent call at 6:50 a.m. from a neighbor who wondered why a battered car was parked next to her backyard deck with a weeping young woman sitting next to it.
Crack open a Boh. We could be in for a city holiday. The Banner is reporting that the Angelos family is on the cusp of selling the franchise to a group of big-money owners led by Baltimore native David Rubenstein. It would put a period on a 31-year era of Angelos ownership, which has seen just six playoff appearances and a lot of forgettable seasons. While the franchise just had its best season in years in 2023, the shadow of John Angelos — who raised blood pressure by dragging out a stadium lease process and perhaps being a little too frank in an interview with the New York Times — has loomed over the team’s future.
The commentary by Dr. Alex Pavlak on Maryland’s climate strategy emphasizes the importance of defining goals and measuring progress in greenhouse gas reduction. While his points are valid, a critical aspect that the commentary overlooks is the reluctance of climate advocacy groups, such as CCAN, Sierra Club, League of Conservation Voters, and Environment Maryland, to consider new nuclear energy as a viable solution to climate change.
We believe that with proper support and resources, all youth have the ability to succeed. Yet, amid a spike in carjackings nationwide and corporate media stories about smash and grab theft, everyday people and elected officials are focused on how to prevent violence and punish youth, pushing the conversation into a call-and-response panic, instead of looking at the data to guide decisions.
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