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Some thoughts about what this election will lead to

Posted by ameister on Friday, September 16th, 2011

Here are some links to stories about the 7th District election:

“Some political observers say the lawsuit likely cost her the election.

“Belinda’s Conaway’s mistake was not so much that she may have had a place of residence out of her district, but she chose to make such an issue of it by filing a lawsuit,” said Matthew Crenson, a professor emeritus of political science at the Johns Hopkins University.

“If she had just let it go by,” Crenson said, “she may very well have been re-elected. She was the victim of her own political miscalculation.”

Some interesting election facts:

  • Nick Mosby received over half of the votes in the 7th district race (2770/5273= 52.5%).
  • Nick Mosby received more votes than Frank Conaway did in his bid for mayor! (2770 to 2007)
  • Mary Pat Clarke supported Belinda Conaway.

I believe that with the infusion of youth onto the Baltimore City Council (Mosby is 32 and new 2nd district councilman Brandon Scott is 27) that the Internet will play a bigger role in local politics, constituent services, and elections than it previously did. This change bodes well for local political blogs like this one.

There still are plenty of controversial people left on the City Council.  Pete Welch and Warren Branch are the first names that come to mind. Both men got less than 39% of their district’s vote and both men have been accused of living off of their relatives’ last names.  Will one of these men pull a Belinda Conaway and put a nail in the coffin of his city council career? Stay tuned.

Now that Belinda Conaway’s frivolous lawsuit against me has come back to end her City Council career there is a committee chair opening. Will Jack Young do the right thing and make Bill Cole the new Chair of the Budget and Appropriations Committee?

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Mosby wins! Belinda Conaway’s attempt to destroy me leads to her own political destruction

Posted by ameister on Wednesday, September 14th, 2011

Nick Mosby accomplished something that was once considered politically impossible in Baltimore when he defeated an incumbent with the last name of Conaway. This City Paper article shows that since single member districts were established for the 2003 primary election that only one City Council incumbent has lost an election. That “incumbent” was Vernon Crider. Crider was never elected to his office, he was appointed by the city council to fill a vacancy when his predecessor left.  Nick Mosby was just involved in the biggest City Council upset of the last thirty years! How did we get here?

In March of this year I wrote an article about a home Belinda Conaway and her husband own in Randallstown. This was the first time that this easy to find house was talked about in any publication. The house was listed under Conaway’s married last name (Washington), but Conaway had recently reported owning the house on ethics filings which can be viewed by anyone on the top floor of City Hall in the library.  Anyone could have found out that Conaway owned a house in Randallstown. The crossing guard on my block would eventually tell me that she even knew about the house. The Washingtons were not trying to hide the fact they owned a house in Randallstown.  A reporter should have researched this house a long time ago.

Since I was the first person to report the existence of this house, I was also the first person to report the existence of the homestead property tax credit that Belinda Conaway received for this house. The information was easy to find online. My original blog entry provided a PDF copy of a Belinda Conaway signed real estate document that showed she said the house was her principal residence. In order for a house to be your principal residence you have to live there.  Belinda Conaway said and continues to say she lives at 3210 Liberty Heights in Baltimore. Something was clearly wrong here.

My story caused a little stir. A few other media outlets covered the story in March and early April. Despite the important tax/political/residency issues my story raised, it was soon forgotten. The Baltimore Sun did not bother to mention it in its print edition. For some reason (that only Belinda Conaway truly knows) Belinda Conaway decided to sue me for libel on May 10, 2011, almost two months after the story was first viewed on my little blog. She thought $21million was an appropriate amount of money to sue for. Belinda Conaway did not know it then, but she had just put the nail in her city council coffin.

A two term city council incumbent never faces a serious challenge because they have already become so ingrained into the public consciousness in the district that it is virtually impossible to defeat them. Belinda’s lawsuit against me quickly destroyed huge chunks of her unquestioned authority in he 7th District. She went from being viewed as a “nice lady” to being seen as a bully trying to hide something. Numerous media outlets covered the filing of the lawsuit (Belinda’s lawyer sent out a press release to announce the suit!). The coverage was unflattering to say the least. Few logical people could understand her reasoning.  She was basically inviting a legitimate contender to run against her in September. Nick Mosby answered the challenge. He said the lawsuit played a large role in his decision to run.

On August 1, 2011 Belinda Conaway eventually had to drop her frivolous lawsuit against me. The humiliating end of the saga further hurt her image. At this point I was free to start writing about her again without the fear of her trying to bring up my blog posts in the now dropped case. I did not hold back. I am proud to say that I have been helping Nick Mosby’s campaign since August 1, 2011. It has been an awesome adventure. I am very proud of what this campaign stood for and what it brought about.

I have always written with what some would call a “bias”. I definitely give an opinion. If I think something is wrong and that it helps bring down Baltimore then I am going to say how wrong it is. If you do not like my writing style then read something else. Freedom of speech is a beautiful thing. I can say what I want, but you do not have to pay attention. Belinda Conaway paid attention and it cost her an election. The victory solidifies what Belinda Conaway already notified the Baltimore political world of: Adam Meister covers Baltimore politics like no other writer or publication in this city. Had Belinda Conaway simply ignored me, she would still be City Councilwoman and my blog would be as unknown as it originally was. Belinda Conaway has sent Nick Mosby and I on to bigger and better things. I once again would like to thank her for her lawsuit against me. I also want to remind her and her family that I will continue to write about them and cover their issues that other media sources refuse to cover for some reason.  The Baltimore Brew sums things up nicely here:

“Seven lessons learned from yesterday’s primary
6. For an incumbent, getting booted out is tricky, but not impossible…

… incumbent Belinda K. Conaway, who lost her 7th District seat yesterday to Nick Mosby, and who apparently took one homestead tax credit too many. (Note to others on the council with similar skeletons in their closets: if blogger Adam Meister calls you on it, do not file a $21 million defamation suit against him that you’re going to have to drop.)”

Belinda Conaway has helped usher in a new era of local political coverage and influence. Larry Young has been defending Belinda recently. It was once believed that Young was a king maker of sorts. I am happy to say that the Mosby case shows the growing power of local Internet coverage and that “if blogger Adam Meister calls you on it, do not file a $21 million defamation suit against him that you’re going to have to drop”. The declining political influence of the Larry Youngs and Frank Conaways of the world is great for Baltimore!

Welcome to the new paradigm.

The above photo is of three guys who ran for city council in the 11th district in 2007. Nick Mosby, Adam Meister, and Bill Cole. It will be very interesting to see how two young council-members in neighboring districts work together on trans-district issues. I think we will see some of the positives that single member districts bring about.  Madison Park North has met its match!

I’ll write more about all my observations from yesterday soon enough. I was at the Hampden polling place for over thirteen hours straight! Belinda Conaway had some interesting people handing out literature for her at the polls, or at least they were supposed to be handing out literature. I especially enjoyed the police officers sitting in a running police take-home yellow Ford Mustang for four hours while they were supposed to be supporting the Conaway campaign….

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Has joke candidate Frank Conaway dropped out of the race for mayor?

Posted by ameister on Thursday, September 1st, 2011

Hassan Giordano says that Frank Conaway Sr. has dropped out of the mayoral race and given his support to Catherine Pugh.

The Daily Record says that Conaway has canceled his press conference.

Who knows what this joke of a politician is thinking. I actually predicted in this article that Conaway would drop out of the race (like he did in 2007) and support Pugh (he supported Mitchell in 2007).  My theory is that he knows he has no chance so he stays in the race until the big debates are over so his last name can get out there as much as possible. The Conaway name recognition helps his disgraced daughter Belinda.  If he really drops out he will support Pugh in order to get Belinda on her ticket. Pugh may get some people who were going to vote for Conaway to vote for her (his name will still be on the ballot so if they were ignorant enough to want to vote for him in the first place they probably will not even know that he dropped out of the race), but there is very little else in it for her. She may be hesitant about making a deal with Conaway and this could be the reason for the delay in the announcement.  Teaming with Belinda Conaway can only hurt Pugh so she should be very careful about any deal with Frank.

In other local political news…

Last night I revived a robo-call from Jody Landers. Today I received my third Stephanie Rawlings-Blake mailing. The theme was education and there was a photo of Elijah Cummings on it.  A Reservoir Hill targeted Nick Mosby  flyer was placed in my door. There is a photo of Bill Cole shaking Mosby’s hand on it. There is also a supportive quote from Bill Cole on it. The quote implies that Cole is endorsing Mosby. I will try to get a digital copy of the flyer to post here.

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Political contributions by the president of Baltimore Racing Development

Posted by ameister on Tuesday, August 16th, 2011

The Baltimore Sun did not include the political contributions of Baltimore Grand Prix and Baltimore Racing Development President James Davidson in the long article about the race (that you should read) that they published.

The Sun also did not include the political contributions of Baltimore Racing Development investor Walker Mygatt.

Keiffer Mitchell, Bill Cole, and Stephanie Rawlings-Blake all played major roles in bringing the Grand Prix to Baltimore:

Candidates Account Contributor Name(Address) Amount Date Received Contribution Type
Cole, William Friends of James Davidson
(33 Tenby Court ,
Lutherville, MD, 21093)		 $1,000.00 03/23/2010 Ticket purchases by Individuals
Kamenetz, (Kevin) Committee For James Davidson
(8 Treadwell Ct. ,
Lutherville, MD, 21093)		 $250.00 06/15/2010 Ticket purchases by Individuals
O’Malley, Martin Friends Of James Davidson
(8 Treadwell Court ,
Lutherville, MD, 21093)		 $500.00 08/12/2010 Individual
Rawlings-Blake, Stephanie For Baltimore James Davidson
(33 Tenby Ct. ,
Lutherville, MD, 21093)		 $1,000.00 04/14/2010 Individual
Young, Bernard C. Friends Of JAMES DAVIDSON
(8 TREADWELL COURT ,
LUTHERVILLE, MD, 21043)		 $500.00 06/16/2010 Ticket purchases by Individuals
Cole, William Friends of Walker Mygatt
(115 W. Lee Street ,
Baltimore, MD, 21201)		 $1,000.00 03/23/2010 Ticket purchases by Individuals
Cole, William Friends of Walker Mygatt
(115 W. Lee Street ,
Baltimore, MD, 21201)		 $100.00 08/12/2002 Ticket purchases by Individuals
Mitchell, Keiffer Jackson Jr. Friends Of Walker Mygatt
(115 W Lee St ,
Baltimore, MD, 21201-2420)		 $250.00 04/10/2007 Individual
Mitchell, Keiffer Jackson Jr. Friends Of Walker Mygatt
(115 W Lee St ,
Baltimore, MD, 21201-2420)		 $250.00 03/08/2007 Individual
O’Malley, Martin Friends Of Walker Mygatt
(115 W Lee St ,
Baltimore, MD, 21201-2420)		 $500.00 01/12/2010 Individual
Rawlings-Blake, Stephanie For Baltimore Walker Mygatt
(115 W. Lee Street ,
Baltimore, MD, 21201-2420)		 $1,000.00 01/11/2011 Individual
Rawlings-Blake, Stephanie For Baltimore Walker Mygatt
(115 W. Lee Street ,
Baltimore, MD, 21201-2420)		 $1,000.00 04/14/2010 Individual

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Who will run against Jack Young?

Posted by ameister on Monday, May 2nd, 2011

last week when I was looking over my Facebook feed, I noticed that 11th district Councilman Bill Cole had casually announced that he had filed to run for re-election in the 11th district. This ends the rumor that he was going to run against Jack Young for city council president. On Monday I will write about what office I think Bill Cole will be running for in 2015. Today I am wondering who is going to step up and run against Jack Young.

Jack Young is not an eloquent speaker and he might not even live in Baltimore. He is the incumbent, but he was not elected to the office that he currently holds. He has raised a good amount of money though. One would think that there would be more people trying to take him on than are trying to take on our current mayor who has stayed away from controversy.

I would not be shocked if Randallstown resident and 7th district representative Belinda Conaway steps up to take on Jack Young. She could be on some sort of silly bear ticket with her father Frank Conaway who is the joke candidate for mayor.

Other candidates would have to be tempted to run for city council president when there are two Pete Welch supporting non-residents of Baltimore running for the office.  Some of the rumored and official candidates for mayor should probably take a step back and think about if running for mayor is the best option when the city council president race seems to be a lot easier.

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The revised redistricting map will not please the people of Butchers Hill

Posted by ameister on Friday, February 18th, 2011

You can view the revised redistricting map that came out earlier this week here.  You can view the original redistricting plan here. In my previous article on this subject I pointed out how residents of Butchers Hill might not like part of their neighborhood being placed in the 13th district. Under the revised plan even more of their neighborhood is in the 13th. I foresee a lot of protest over this. The odd thing about this move is that I do not think Warren Branch wants Butchers Hill and that Jim Kraft wants to lose Butchers Hill. The people of Butchers Hill do not want to be split or be part of the 13th. The problem is that the 13th district lost population and the 1st gained population. The 13th needs people in order to have a reasonable population number. I feel bad for Butchers Hill, but I do not think that math is going to allow them to remain in the 1st.

A new issue that the revised map has produced is the splitting on Mount Vernon between the 11th and 12th districts. The neighborhood is already split, but they were probably looking forward to being unified.

I was happy to see Druid Heights moved to the 7th from the 11th. Druid Heights did not fit into the new 11th demographically and in the 7th it may be able to receive more attention. In the 2007 primary election only 100 people in the Druid Heights precinct voted (I came in third there and even beat Bill Cole :) ) so I would advise them to come out in larger numbers this year if they want more political attention.

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Money raised by possible City Council President candidates

Posted by ameister on Monday, February 7th, 2011

We all know that Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has raised a lot more money than her potential competitors in the race for mayor, but most people do not know how much money potential City Council President candidates have raised.

The Baltimore Sun says that in order to win the Mayoral race you need to raise between $1 million and $1.5 million. Based on that reasonable estimation a candidate would need to raise between $600k and $900k to win the City Council President race. in 2007 Rawlings-Blake raised about $540k and won the City Council President race so taking into account how many things are more expensive this year it should take more than $540k in 2011.

Right now Jack Young has $234,000 in his campaign account and Bill Cole has $69k. I have heard Cole is about to have a fundraiser although I have no confirmation from Cole. Bill Cole uses the same fundraiser (Colleen Martin-Lauer) as the Mayor does. The Mayor raised over $600k at her last fundraiser so in theory Bill Cole could raise a substantial amount of money at a similar event.

Bill Cole has yet to say if he is running for higher office. Redistricting is about to turn his current district into the most powerful district in Baltimore.

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City Council redistricting in Baltimore

Posted by ameister on Friday, February 4th, 2011

I was the first person to write about city council redistricting back in October.  It appears I got a few things right. Check out the Baltimore Sun redistricting article that came out on Monday.

There were a few changes that surprised me. Before I talk about the proposed changes I want to point out this overlooked quote from the Sun article:
“Rawlings-Blake’s proposal reflects the population shifts of the last decade. The city is estimated to have lost 20,000 residents in that time; all but two of the 14 council districts are believed to have lost population.”

I am one of the voices who have said for years that the population decline has not stopped. It appears I was right. So how can we stop this decline? For years I have also said that lowering property taxes must be done ASAP. If we use the Walters/Miserendino solution and drastically cut property taxes, then the population of the city will TRULY increase.

OK back to redistricting…

I have no idea why they want to put part of Butcher’s Hill into the 13th district. This could be a nightmare type scenario for some Butcher’s Hill residents if this is really true. I do not wish Warren Branch on to any good-hearted citizen of Baltimore.

All of the Mayor’s other major moves can be explained with demographic logic although a few of them probably were done to help political supporters. It makes demographic sense to put Greektown in the 1st District, to remove Poppleton, part of Sandtown, and Harlem from the 11th District, and to unite Pigtown in the 10th District.

The two moves that shocked me the most, but that can also be explained demographically are the removal of Reservoir Hill from the 11th and the addition of the entire Federal Hill/Locust Point peninsula to the 11th. Both moves are related. Ed Reisinger is clearly being rewarded by the Mayor by getting rid of his past competition who live on the Federal Hill/Locust Point peninsula. That area was Reisinger’s weak spot and under the right set of circumstances he could have lost the 10th district election if those areas stayed in his district. A major neighborhood would have to be kicked out of the 11th to accommodate the Federal Hill/Locust Point peninsula. Reservoir Hill was the northern most point in the district and it has a lot in common with other West Baltimore neighborhoods in the 7th. I live in Reservoir Hill so I am not looking forward to having another Conaway represent us. I hope a legitimate candidate can step up to challenge Conaway. It will be hard to beat her name.

Everyone should check out this article about political clout in Chicago. The same clout based political culture exists in Baltimore. Ed Reisinger is a perfect example of clout in Baltimore politics. Reisinger supported who he was supposed to, followed the status quo perfectly, was loyal to his political bosses, and now he is rewarded with an easier campaign than he would have had if he had not been a mindless cog in the political machine.  Ed played the clout game and won. Every game has a winner and a loser and in this case the citizens of Baltimore lose.

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Della’s defeat proves that incumbents are not invincible

Posted by ameister on Thursday, September 16th, 2010

Tuesday’s election results in the 46th district were shocking. Bill Ferguson trounced incumbent George Della. I thought Ferguson had a slim chance. I never could have predicted this trouncing. The Bill Cole endorsement foreshadowed what was about to happen.

Della was the establishment. He was the kind of incumbent that often runs unopposed. It is still sort of surreal that a newcomer came out of nowhere and trounced him. Ferguson worked hard and quickly gained very powerful friends once they saw that Della was in fact a paper tiger and could easily be beaten. I wish I cold have been there the moment when Della realized that the no-name running against him was no longer a no-name and was in fact a serious threat. I wonder which one of his houses he was at when he first realized that this election was going to be a lot different than his usual ones?

Incumbents use their name recognition to help build a reliable voting base that will blindly vote for them year after year. The same familiarity that breads mindless followers can also be used against an incumbent by a creative opponent who has the ability to tap into voter frustrations. If you can convince voters that familiarity is caused by boredom and lack of progress and that change is the only thing that can fix this problem then you will have taken a big first step toward unseating the incumbent.

Bill Ferguson used his teaching connections to set up a powerful and effective street team. I assume that his team’s presence on the streets of Baltimore gained the attention of some behind the scenes players. He used one of the establishment’s fundraisers and was able to generate a lot of money for his campaign. He put the money to good use with some of the best “attack” mailing I have ever seen. He was not afraid to point out Della’s typical politician qualities that so many people are tired of.  Ferguson’s mailings implied that a vote forFerguson was a vote against the tired old Baltimore political way.

Victorious campaigns are still about generating money unfortunately . I am not going to sit here and tell you this was a total insurgent rebellion against the establishment, but incumbents need to worry about scenarios like this one. A no-name can use a combination of a powerful street team, a desire for change amongst many voters, and powerful allies who greatly dislike the incumbent to successfully trounce the George Dellas of Baltimore. I never thought Rikki Spector could be defeated in the 5th city council district until today. Ferguson has created a blueprint for getting rid of her. A young energetic Jewish candidate needs to pop up on the 5th district scene in 2011 with a lot of young supporters who will knock on many doors. Once the supporters get the attention of numerous people then the candidate should make friends with powerful benefactors who greatly dislike Spector. They probably will find the candidate if he or she is doing things the right way.  Once the money and the street team are taken care of then the anti-Spector allies will start to awaken and come out from all over the place. Keep the momentum and the hardcore revealing mailings going and you will be able to win.

Some are going to say that these scenarios are sell-out scenarios. In theory a person might have to compromise beliefs in order to raise large sums of money and gain powerful benefactors.  I know Bill Ferguson and I feel like he is not going to compromise his beliefs now that he has gained power. He did what he had to do in order to win. I would not touch the establishment if I ran for office again, but in all likelihood I would have zero chance to win if I did that (like when I ran in 2007). 100% idealism does not work in Baltimore.

Some are going to say that Ferguson is now part of a political machine. Patrick Turner, Bill Cole, and Stephanie Rawlings-Blake were all at his victory party. There were many people there with O’Malley green on them. It is pretty obvious who Ferguson will endorse in the 10th district, for mayor, and for city council president in 2011 now that he has won. Will he be a cog in O’Malley’s machine? Will he blindly follow O’Malley? I do not think he will do these things. If he becomes a mindless cog then I guess you can call him a sell out. I don’t believe he will sell out, then again I am the idealistic guy who came in 5th place in 2007 so I could be totally wrong about all this.

The Ferguson endorsement by Ed Reisinger may have saved Reisinger from suffering a Della type defeat in 2011. I assume remnants or the Ferguson street team will be resurrected in 2011 to help Reisinger take on Terry Hickey and whoever else appears on the 10th district scene. It would not shock me if mayor Rawlings-Blake allows the 10th district to be redrawn to help Reisinger. Remember that districts are about to be redrawn since this was a census year.

I think Bill Cole made a great strategic move. He showed that his name has clout beyond the 11th district and he allied himself with what will be seen as a young energetic winner. I believe that at the very least Bill Ferguson had behind the scenes help from team O’Malley associates (again I need to point out that the MAYOR OF BALTIMORE was at his victory party).  If “behind the scenes help from team O’Malley associates” helped get rid of a Baltimore establishment just imagine what straight up out in the open serious support directly from the O’Malley Machine will be able to do for Bill Cole if he runs for City Council President in 2011? O’Malley’s associates and allies are very powerful and well organized in Baltimore. I believe this more than I ever have before in my life. Stephanie Rawlings-Blake will win in 2011 and Bill Cole will be on her ticket and will become the next City Council President of Baltimore. I have seen all that I need to see to convince me of this.

Click on the photo for larger version that shows Stephanie Rawlings-Blake sitting at the bar behind a victorious Bill Ferguson.

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Controversial Jack Young topics

Posted by ameister on Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

City Councilman Bernard “Jack” Young currently gets paid over $57,000 a year to be city councilman for the 12th district. He also works for the Maryland Department of Human resources. You can read specific information about his state job here.

I think it is ridiculous that anyone gets to hold two public sector jobs and double dip from tax payer funds.  Young will be paid over $100,000 a year to be city council president. I hope that Councilman Young will dedicate himself full-time to the citizens of Baltimore and give up his state job.  $100,000+, great benefits, and a generous pension is more than enough to live on in a city where the median income for a household is $30,078, and the median income for a family is $35,438.

WBAL’s Jayne Miller also became interested in Young’s state job and if he plans to give it up. Listen to this interview that she conducted with Young. She also brings up how Mr. Young owned a house in Harford County for many years.  Young calls it a “Summer Home”. Rikki Spector has a residence in the 10th district and the 5th district (which she represents), so until she is forced to live in her district they can’t go after Young. This does not excuse Young, but the precedent was already set by Spector.

Young sounds bad in this interview. Now his fellow council-people have a legitimate excuse to change their votes (while of course at the same time receiving extra political donations here and there). I wonder who could have encouraged Ms. Miller to pursue this interview? Is the O’Malley machine hard at work?

In 2009 Jack Young’s campaign raised $64,659.86 according to the 2010 campaign finance report that just came out. The campaign’s total bank account balance is now $239,164.90. Young has much more money than his potential competition. Bill Cole’s campaign raised $21,285.00 in 2009. The campaign’s total bank account balance is now $33,912.29. The chart below shows where some of Jack Young’s contributions came from in 2009. One (in bold print) really stuck out.

Candidates Account Contributor Name(Address) Amount Date Received Contribution Type
Young, Bernard C. Friends Of Emmanuel Holmes

(3230 Pelham Ave ,

Balto, MD, 21213)

 $250.00 12/28/2009 Individual
Young, Bernard C. Friends Of FRIENDLY FRIED CHICKEN

(3221 GREENMOUNT AVE ,

BALTIMORE, MD, 21218)

 $500.00 11/05/2009 Business Entity
Young, Bernard C. Friends Of ELDORADO LOUNGE, INC.

(4100 EAST LOMBARD STREET ,

BALTIMORE, MD, 21223)

 $500.00 09/09/2009 Business Entity
Young, Bernard C. Friends Of Transviron, Inc

(Consulting Engineers 1624 York Road,

Lutherville, MD, 21093)

 $150.00 05/28/2009 Ticket purchases by Business Entity
Young, Bernard C. Friends Of BALTIMORE RETIRED POLICE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION INC

(P.O. BOX 6217 ,

BALTIMORE, MD, 21206)

 $150.00 05/28/2009 Ticket purchases by Business Entity
Young, Bernard C. Friends Of Metropolitan Baltimore Council AFL-CIO

(Cope Activities Fund 2701 W. Patapsco Avenue Suite 110,

Baltimore, MD, 21230)

 $150.00 05/28/2009 Ticket purchases by Business Entity
Young, Bernard C. Friends Of NAM PROPERTIES LLC

(600 N CHESTER ST REAR 2ND ,

BALTIMORE, MD, 21218)

 $150.00 05/28/2009 Ticket purchases by Business Entity
Young, Bernard C. Friends Of Phillip Lee

(2408 Perring Woods Road ,

Baltimore, MD, 21234)

 $150.00 05/28/2009 Ticket purchases by Individuals
Young, Bernard C. Friends Of Tyrone Hamm

(6101 Loch Raven Boulevard #503 ,

Balto, MD, 21239)

 $150.00 05/28/2009 Ticket purchases by Individuals
Young, Bernard C. Friends Of CAROLYN MCGUIRE

(7205 PARK HEIGHTS AVENUE ,

BALTIMORE, MD, 21208)

 $150.00 05/28/2009 Ticket purchases by Individuals
Young, Bernard C. Friends Of TIMOTHY HODGE

(6423 PRATT AVENUE ,

BALTIMORE, MD, 21212)

 $150.00 05/28/2009 Ticket purchases by Individuals
Young, Bernard C. Friends Of CHARLES DUFF

(244 W LANVALE STREET ,

BALTIMORE, MD, 21217)

 $150.00 05/28/2009 Ticket purchases by Individuals
Young, Bernard C. Friends Of LAW OFFICES OF O’CONNOR AND VERDERAIME PC

(211 NORTH HOWARD STREET ,

BALTIMORE, MD, 21218)

 $250.00 05/28/2009 Ticket purchases by Business Entity
Young, Bernard C. Friends Of ABC EDUCATIONAL FUND LOCAL 27

(21 WEST RD ,

BALTIMORE, MD, 21204)

 $250.00 05/28/2009 Ticket purchases by Business Entity
Young, Bernard C. Friends Of SOMERSET DEVELOPMENT CO LLC

(4115 WISCONSIN AVE NW STE 107 ,

WASHINGTON, DC, 20016)

 $250.00 05/28/2009 Ticket purchases by Business Entity
Young, Bernard C. Friends Of S F & C Insurance Associates, Inc.

(7400 York Rd ,

Balto, MD, 21204)

 $250.00 05/28/2009 Ticket purchases by Business Entity
Young, Bernard C. Friends Of FRANK BONAVENTURE

(815 DROHOMER PLACE ,

BALTIMORE, MD, 21210)

 $250.00 05/28/2009 Ticket purchases by Individuals
Young, Bernard C. Friends Of BUILD

(BUILDERS UNIONS INDIVIDUALS LABOR DONATION 5913 HARFORD ROAD,

BALTIMORE, MD, 21214)

 $250.00 05/28/2009 Ticket purchases by Business Entity
Young, Bernard C. Friends Of Anderson Automotive Group, Inc.

( 115 West 25th Street,

Baltimore, MD, 21218)

 $250.00 05/28/2009 Ticket purchases by Business Entity
Young, Bernard C. Friends Of 424 EUTAW LLC

(429 N EUTAW STREET 3N ,

BALTIMORE, MD, 21201)

 $250.00 05/28/2009 Ticket purchases by Business Entity
Young, Bernard C. Friends Of DONALD MANEKIN

(229 ASHLAND ROAD ,

HUNT VALLEY, MD, 21030)

 $250.00 05/28/2009 Ticket purchases by Individuals
Young, Bernard C. Friends Of BALTIMORE ARENA

(201 W BALTIMORE STREET ,

BALTIMORE, MD, 21201)

 $250.00 05/28/2009 Ticket purchases by Business Entity
Young, Bernard C. Friends Of SCOTT LEVITAN

(855 N WOLFE STREET FOREST CITY ENTERORISES,

BALTIMORE, MD, 21205)

 $250.00 05/28/2009 Ticket purchases by Individuals

The Eldorado Lounge is a strip club in East Baltimore.  I was shocked that a well funded candidate for City Council President would take money from a strip club. Who wants their name associated with a strip club? Then I did some more research and I learned that Councilman Young is just doing what many other local politicians are doing:

Candidates Account Contributor Name(Address) Amount Date Received Contribution Type
Conway, Joan Carter Committee To Elect Eldorado Lounge Inc.

(4100 E. Lombard Street ,

baltimore, MD, 21224)

 $500.00 10/01/2008 Ticket purchases by Business Entity

Remarks: 2 checks: #4229 & 4231 @ $500 ea.
Conway, Joan Carter Committee To Elect Eldorado Lounge Inc.

(4100 E. Lombard Street ,

Baltimore, MD, 21224)

 $500.00 09/25/2008 Ticket purchases by Business Entity

Remarks: 2 checks: #4229 & 4231 @ $500 ea.
Conway, Joan Carter Committee To Elect Eldorado Lounge Inc

(4100 E. Lombard Street ,

Baltimore, MD, 21224)

 $500.00 10/21/2004 Ticket purchases by Business Entity
D’Adamo, Nick Jr. Friends Of Councilman Eldorado Lounge, Inc

( 4100 E. Lombard Street,

Baltimore, MD, 21224)

 $500.00 10/19/2004 Business Entity
Dixon, Sheila Friends For Eldorado Lounge Inc.

(4100 E Lombard Street ,

Baltimore, MD, 21224)

 $100.00 03/27/2009 Business Entity
Dixon, Sheila Friends For Eldorado Lounge Inc.

(4100 E Lombard Street ,

Baltimore, MD, 21224)

 $1,000.00 01/21/2007 Business Entity
Dixon, Sheila Friends For Eldorado Lounge, Inc.

(322 W. Baltimore St. ,

Baltimore, MD, 21201)

 $1,000.00 08/23/1999 Business Entity
Marriott, Salima Siler Campaign Committee Eldorado Lounge, Inc.

(4100 East Lombard Street ,

Baltimore, MD, 21224)

 $500.00 09/06/2006 Business Entity

Remarks: general contribution
McFadden, Nathaniel J. for Senate ELDORADO LOUNGE, INC.

(322 W. BALTIMORE STREET ,

BALTIMORE, MD, 21201)

 $1,000.00 08/03/2000 Ticket purchases by Business Entity
Middleton, Sharon Green Friends Of Eldorado Lounge Inc

(4100 E. Lombard Street ,

Baltimore, MD, 21224)

 $500.00 10/03/2007 Business Entity
Mitchell, Clarence M. IV Friends Of ELDORADO LOUNGE

(322 W SARATOGA STREET ,

BALTIMORE, MD, 21201)

 $500.00 05/07/2000 Business Entity
Oaks, Nathaniel Committee To Re-Elect Eldorado Lounge, Inc

(4100 E. Lombard Street ,

Baltimore, MD, 21224)

 $200.00 10/20/2009 Business Entity

Remarks: fundraiser
Oaks, Nathaniel Committee To Re-Elect Eldorado Lounge, Inc

(4100 E. Lombard Street ,

Baltimore, MD, 21224)

 $500.00 10/19/2008 Business Entity

Remarks: contribution
Oaks, Nathaniel Committee To Re-Elect Eldorado Lounge, Inc

(4100 E. Lombard Street ,

Baltimore, MD, 21224)

 $1,000.00 01/08/2007 Ticket purchases by Business Entity

Remarks: donation
Oaks, Nathaniel Committee To Re-Elect Eldorado Lounge

( 4100 E. Lombard St.,

Baltimore, MD, 21224)

 $500.00 10/26/2004 Ticket purchases by Business Entity

Remarks: donation
Welch, Agnes Committee For ELDORADO LOUNGE, INC.

(4100 E. LOMBARD ST. ,

BALTIMORE, MD, 21224)

 $1,000.00 05/07/2007 Business Entity

Remarks: CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION
Young, Bernard C. Friends Of ELDORADO LOUNGE, INC.

(4100 EAST LOMBARD STREET ,

BALTIMORE, MD, 21223)

 $500.00 09/09/2009 Business Entity
Young, Bernard C. Friends Of ELDORADO LOUNGE, INC.

(322 W BALTIMORE STREET ,

BALTIMORE, MD, 21201)

 $500.00 10/22/2000 Ticket purchases by Business Entity
Young, Larry Run, Run 2006 Eldorado Lounge, Inc

(4100 E. Lombard Street ,

Baltimore, MD, 21224)

 $2,000.00 04/11/2006 Business Entity

Quite a city we live in. Nice to see that the Mayor got in on the action.

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