Baltimore City Paper

Wednesday, March 16, 2005

Uli Loskot

NEWS

Danger Zone: Middle East Residents Still Anxious About Pending Biotech Park Demolition Hazards | Mobtown Beat by Charles Cohen

Rough Trade: When It Comes To The Eviction Business, The Company Loves Misery | Feature by Gadi Dechter

Hear This: During last spring’s oh-so-short debate over creating new city taxes on phones, energy, and real-estate transactions, what never entered the discussion were the preliminary findings of a then-draft study by the Abell Foundation, a local research and grant-making outfit, called “A Costly Problem.” The problem, the study ultimately concluded, was that the city isn’t getting its due from existing real-estate taxes because nonresidential properties appear to be systemically underassessed—a point that would have been highly relevant to the erstwhile new-tax debate. | Quick and Dirty by Van Smith

Case Closed: Last fall, City Paper reported on a power struggle that pitted the Harford Community College Board of Trustees against its president (“Class Struggle,” Oct. | Quick and Dirty by Christina Royster-Hemby

Lukewarm Victory: Maryland’s gay-marriage movement has been running as fast as it can this month, just to stay in the same place. | Quick and Dirty by Anna Ditkoff

Help Wanted: Gadfly: When longtime Charles Village resident Gren Whitman stopped by to drop off a packet of papers to the Nose earlier this week, he delivered with them a note, the contents of which may take some by surprise: “F.Y.I., I am moving to Rock Hall,” it read, “25 miles southeast of Baltimore (if you’re a crow), but 95 miles by road. | The Nose

Murder Ink | The Mail

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COLUMNS

Lost in the (k) Hole: When you get old, right before you’re dead, you get to take the cash out so you can buy dog food and whiskey and stuff. | Mr. Wrong by Joe MacLeod

A State Holiday: Q) Which of these is not like the other: a drill, a screwdriver, Alan Keyes, or a slice of toast? | Political Animal by Brian Morton

Immodest Proposals: The odds of political leaders from either the Democratic or Republican parties even mentioning the words “legal” and “prostitution” in the same sentence are longer than Peter Angelos buying Washington Nationals season tickets. | Right Field by Russ Smith

Bad News Bond: Even though we have no kids and are only in our early 30s, he never wants to go out or do anything. His idea of a great time is Bruce Willis videos and stuffed-crust pizza. | Think Mink by Mink Stole

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