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City officials seek new group to run Grand Prix
City officials have terminated the contract of the troubled company that organized the inaugural Baltimore Grand Prix and are seeking a new group to run the racing festival in the coming year, the mayor's office announced Friday.
The city ended Baltimore...Tags: Politics, Inner Harbor, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Government, Services and Shopping
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O'Malley to give away tax evader's donations
Gov. Martin O'Malley said Thursday that he will follow the lead of U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings and Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown in returning donations from Richard Stewart, a political mover and shaker who pleaded guilty this month to tax evasion. Stewart's...Tags: Parties and Movements, Politics, Democratic Party, Government, Human Interest
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Orioles fans campaign for OK to tailgate Opening Day
When it comes to tailgating, the policy at downtown stadiums is simple: Ravens fans can do it. Orioles fans can't. Now there's a Facebook campaign to try to change that.
The drive was started by two lifelong Orioles fans: Austin Bogus, 26, of Fulton...Tags: Philadelphia Phillies, Politics, New York Yankees, Media Industry, St. Louis Cardinals
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A downtown Preakness near Camden Yards?
There needs to be a wider vision for the proposed slots parlor on Russell Street. Moving the Preakness to a new world-class facility in the Camden-Carroll industrial park would reinforce the slots parlor opposite Russell Street and feed off the success of...Tags: Preakness Stakes, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Equestrian
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Grand Prix founder sues race's organizers for $750,000
The founder of the Baltimore Grand Prix has filed a $750,000 claim against the current organizers of the event, joining another early investor who claims he has yet to be paid.
Steven C. Wehner says Baltimore Racing Development LLC, the company that he...Tags: Politics, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Elections, Lawyers, Justice System
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Time for a statistic to keep track of the city's economic development subsidies
While I am sure that the vast majority of Baltimore residents will be happy with a Grand Prix result of $2 million a year in direct tax benefits to the city or a full $70 million in economic impact ("The Road to a Grand Prix," Aug. 14), there is always...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Politics, Wages and Pensions, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Grand Prix organizers seek a mix of hard-core fans and novices looking for a spectacle
Nick Nicaise's first word was "car." While his childhood pals mooned over Mickey Mantle, he idolized driver Dan Gurney.
And when his wife glimpsed a grown-up Nicaise beaming as he flitted around the garage area at an IndyCar race, she told him, "You're...Tags: Pratt Street, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Politics, Vehicles, Joint Ventures
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Put idle Revenue Authority money to work elsewhere
The abilities of some intelligent, civic-minded people are going to waste while about a quarter million tax dollars sit idle.
This isn't necessarily the result of some government boondoggle, just one of those things that didn't work out as planned. But...Tags: Politics, Howard County, Local Government, Ellicott City, Ken Ulman
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Orioles notebook: Guthrie asks fans whether he should keep Flanagan's number
Right-hander Jeremy Guthrie is trying to decide whether he should keep the only uniform number he has known as an Oriole, No. 46, or switch to something else to honor the late Mike Flanagan.
And Guthrie wants as much feedback as possible.
"I really just...Tags: Vladimir Guerrero, Jim Palmer, Joe Mauer, Career and Workplace, Felix Pie
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Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
1. Please describe your educational and professional background and how it has prepared you to serve as mayor.
Baltimore is my hometown and I have lived here my whole life--graduating from Western High School and I am proud to send my daughter to...Tags: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Career and Workplace, Justice System, Domestic Violence
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Redistricting panel targets Rep. Bartlett
A panel appointed by Gov. Martin O'Malley recommended a new political map Monday evening that would pack Democrats into a redrawn 6th Congressional District in Western Maryland, giving the state's majority party a shot at sending a seventh Democrat to...Tags: Politics, Government, Elections, Martin O'Malley, Republican Party
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Group to seek state funding for convention center, arena project
Backers of a proposed Inner Harbor arena linked to an expanded convention center expect to ask the state to provide funds for preliminary planning and design for the project's $420 million public portion. The Greater Baltimore Committee, the business...Tags: Willard Hackerman, Pratt Street, The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company, Inner Harbor, Entertainment
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