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Mr. Hazlet isn’t a stooge defamer though, he’s just a bit confused. Perkins bought the property because the BDC’s false position, that it’s “inconsequential” to The Senator’s future, was revealed by the BDC’s presence at the “inconsequential” auction. Laura isn’t holding anything hostage. She bought the house to help facilitate the Senator’s optimal future incarnation, not delay it.

FOTS agrees that the process should result “in a long-term future for the Senator Theatre as a well-maintained public institution”. Perkins is alarmed that the BDC’s predetermined choice would not produce that result. The RFP process can be validated though if objective experts help evaluate the two RFP’s & their recommendations are publicly known. Initially Perkins stood up alone as the FOTS panel member & declared that the BDC process was heavily flawed. For that stance she was immediately attacked as a dishonest “obstructionist”.

Those nasty tactics failed, however, because she’s no longer alone. A key RFP panel member, Karen Noonan, The President of the prestigious Theatre Historical Society of America [THSA] has recently come forward to stand alongside Laura and corroborate her position by taking a bold public stance of her own in an open letter to Mayor Rawlings-Blake, stating her own informed concerns about the need for mayoral intervention in the RFP process. Ms. Noonan’s letter is posted on http://friendsofthesenatortheatre.wordpress.com. The sole area business representative on the panel is reportedly also alarmed and wrote the BDC to protest as well.

BDC loyalists and city council stooges, please stop casting cyber stones at the courageous whistleblower, whose lone voice regarding the BDC has become a rising chorus of truth and integrity.

It’s not right for one person to attempt to hold the process hostage at this late date. I’m no fan of government-controlled development, but the Senator has been hanging by a thread for ages now.

The RFP process (and, in my opinion, the WTMD proposal) is the best chance right now for a long-term future for the Senator Theatre as a well-maintained public institution. Let’s get on with it!

Weinberg Center for the Arts, would be an obvious, and local, example of what may be possible for The Senator. While hosting frequent Concert Events, mostly Rock and Adult Contemporary formats, I have heard several comments regarding how perfectly appropriate The Senator is for these types of events.

Likewise, if we are allowed to continue these kinds of events with an operating budget for contracting high end talent as well as investing in some basic advertising, our events would make for one of the most profitable businesses in the local area. Not to mention how it would effectively help to increase retail activity among neighborhood businesses.

We love The Senator and we want to see it become a natural Tour Stop for all types of performers passing through the Northeast. With the right management The Senator Theatre can once again become a Nationally Recognized Venue that is not only respected, but highly coveted by touring artists.

With a few minor adjustments, The Senator would be like The Grand Ole Opry of Baltimore hosting Music Events. See what we are doing now by visiting our site at BandChi! Tickets. http://www.bandchitickets.com

Now Baltimore city has the chance to do it right and find qualified individuals that know what this one of a kind Art Deco jewlel needs to survive another 70 plus years. Will they make the choice to turn this venue into a multi purpose arts and entertainment facility? Are they smart enough to pull it off or are they about to go for a quick fix and watch it go in the wrong direction of a single screen theatre that we all know cannot work in the economy of today? If they take the latter approach it will surely fail.

It is a shame so see the city that was once known as charm city is on the verge of loosing yet another of it’s charms because of the shadow government run BDC. I hope the new mayor has some insight and changes the way her government is run and can bring in the experts that can guide her in making the right choice.

As for the property behind the theatre. I have seen the original plans for an additional screen that would have needed the extra property to add drainage and exits to the existing structure. And that is why Mr. Kiefaber purchased it in the first place. Kudos for Ms. Perkins for her insight.

If the former “protector of the Senator” and Astrogirl had every opportunity to ‘do it their’ way, all they had to do was run their business, and pay their bills, like the rest of us. But their way didn’t work, and they chose to borrow money from the citizens of Baltimore, which they couldn’t pay back.

BDC certainly has it’s problems, but it wasn’t BDC or the City which put the Senator in this position, on the contrary, from what I’ve seen, the RFP selection committee is really doing it’s best to build something out of a bad situation.

As much as I loathe the back room deals of the Baltimore Development Corporation, I loathe people that try to take advantage of their insider status and then claim victimhood when it doesn’t work even more. This is one of the few cases in which the BDC did the right thing by taking the theater from Kefauver. Kefauver and Ms. Perkins continue to make the theater all about them while claiming to only care about the theater. If Ms. Perkins business acumen is as bad as Kefauver’s, then it’s not surprising her plans for making a quick buck off of real estate speculation went awry.

The citizens of Baltimore and Maryland have spent too much money already propping up Kefauver’s delusions of grandeur.

I can’t believe The Sun even printed this transparent, self-serving letter.