Top Maryland Democrats agree to $290 million package to help Baltimore
That was the headline on a front page story in today’s Baltimore Sun.
There would be new funding for demolition of vacant housing, redevelopment of distressed areas, after-school and summer programs, college scholarships for 7th and 8th graders, and mentorship programs.
I’ve already talked with my 41st District colleagues about working with our neighborhoods to get their fair share of this money. If we’re out of the box first, we’ll succeed.
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As my parents taught me by both words and deeds, the life of public service is as much a gift to the person who serves as it is to those he is serving.
I could have said that, but it was Judge Merrick Garland, speaking in the Rose Garden yesterday.
