I personally like many of the writers at the Baltimore Sun. I think they have a lot of talent, but at some point somebody is telling them to cover lame topics or produce fluff stories. I assume there is some sort of mindless corporate directive that infests the editorial department at the Sun which helps spit out the questionable product that some of us still read today. If you do not read the print version of the Sun then most likely you are one of the many former online readers who can no longer access online version of the paper which currently sits behind a pay wall.
Luke Broadwater is a good writer and a nice guy. I know he can write a hard hitting investigative piece because I have seen him do just that at InvestigativeVoice.com and the Baltimore Examiner. At some point somebody neutered this article about Warren Branch.
I have seen Warren Branch in action at City Hall. If we are cursed to have Branch reelected in November then I encourage all of you to check out Mr. Branch at City Hall. You will quickly see that he does not come across as the smartest man in the city. Check out this article about the Pete Welch/9th district open seat hearing. In the article I describe some of Mr. Branch’s odd behavior:
“At one point Young appeared to be quite frustrated with Branch. By the 4th candidate the crowd in the balcony was vocally frustrated and angry at the embarrassing Branch. It is also important to point out that if any organization is a 501c3 nonprofit then they can not legally endorse any candidate. Branches rant eventually morphed into him talking about how recommendation letters need to become a requirement at future open council seat hearings.
It is obvious that many residents of the 13th district voted for Branch because of his Brother who is in the House of Delegates. Branch represents the nightmare scenario of Baltimore political family based power. Someone in the 13th needs to step and run a solid campaign to get rid of this guy.”
The power of incumbency is amazing in this town. When an incumbent sends out a press release about the lamest of issues the Baltimore Sun covers it. When a challenger has an article written about her the Baltimore Sun then gives the incumbent a fluff piece. Many legitimate contenders are IGNORED during primary season when they send out awesome hard hitting press releases to the Sun. The Baltimore Sun completely ignored the Belinda Conaway housing scandal until she ignorantly sued me. Challengers have a right to dislike the Baltimore Sun and its blatant bias toward incumbents.
Why doesn’t the Sun mention that the 13th district resembles a war-zone more than any other district in Baltimore? Why would most Baltimore Sun readers not step foot in the 13th district of Baltimore? How can Warren Branch not be held accountable for the current state of the 13th district? I invite every single one of you to visit the 13th district in the middle of East Baltimore and tell me how on Earth Warren Branch’s incompetency is not mentioned in the paper of record every single day. For four years the media ignores the travesty that is the 13th district and when primary election time comes along they decide to ignore his challengers and hold him accountable for nothing. The voters of the 13th district should have held the Branch family accountable long ago, but just because the voters are blind does not mean that the local media should reinforce the people’s political ignorance.
Who in their right mind believes a grown man holding elected office: “lives with his mother one day a week at the address he lists on campaign information — the same address listed by his brother, State Del. Talmadge Branch — and stays with his girlfriend and their three children the rest of the week at a different home in the district“?
Stop the madness/blind ignorance and support Shannon Sneed!
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