Just about every election season, word circulates that this or that elected official (or candidate) does not actually live in his or her district. Most recently, City Councilwoman Belinda Conaway faced questions about the home in Randallstown—in Baltimore County—she has owned since 1997. Full Story »
Posted by Mary Hartney - via Baltimore City Paper (News + Features)
This piece adds excellent context and background to what's become a fairly loud drumbeat among Baltimore bloggers. It's clear that a lot of research went into this.
Bravo to City Paper for picking up on the threads that bloggers have started to unravel. They really dig up the data, and give us a much better sense of where our councilmembers live. A little more clarity about Jack Young's residence, as well as clarifications of Welch and Branch's actual residences would be helpful.
In 1998 the Maryland Court of Appeals ruled that, for the purpose of political representation, “residency” means, basically, whatever the candidate says it does—so ... More »
This is a feature? Other than a lot of pictures there's not much to it. CP makes no attempt to add to the discussion that the Baltimore blogosphere has been generating by the nature of the limited text or the lack of reference to any other media source aside from WBAL - despite the fact that this issue has been a deservedly hot button issue for a lot of readers.
They didn't even reference the source material they clearly borrow from, very disgruntled with the lack of references. At least it serves as a very minor* link in the chain of information. *edit: on the second thought, the information is really important. they still didn't need to do much other than look up property listings and snap a few photos to put this together, adding some depth to the text would have made it a great feature.
DISCLAIMER: I usually enjoy most any story I read in the City Paper. I consider them a valuable key player in the Baltimore news ecosystem, an excellent alternative voice. Having said that, the following review should be viewed strictly as an critique and nothing more. NewsTrust is after all a platform with a significant educational component. CLASS IS IN SESSION The by line shows two names, this usually suggests a good meaty story, filled with comprehensive details, but sadly, this story mostly failed to deliver. Instead what we got was a compiling and indexing of public record data readily available from other sources. At least City Paper was nice enough to put it all in one place for us. For a matter as contentious and ... More »
It's very clear and nails everything down in a really complete fashion. Using the city map with the existing and new boundaries is an additional bonus to help understand how our officials will (or will not) be affected. I was pleasantly surprised to see that our Mayor has a relatively humble residence.
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