Maryland Daily Record » baltimore city council http://thedailyrecord.com Maryland's trusted source for business and legal news Fri, 24 May 2013 21:04:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Editorial: A snare of its own making  http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/16/editorial-a-snare-of-its-own-making/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/16/editorial-a-snare-of-its-own-making/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 21:55:46 +0000 Daily Record Staff http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=239966 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Call it the fable of the client who wouldn’t abide sound counsel. Just about every lawyer can tell some version of it: The client comes in asking for advice but really only wants permission, a shortcut around the rules, a loophole to make the unlawful lawful. ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/16/editorial-a-snare-of-its-own-making/feed/ 0 Baltimore City Council committee approves local hiring mandate  http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/07/baltimore-city-council-committee-approves-local-hiring-mandate/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/07/baltimore-city-council-committee-approves-local-hiring-mandate/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 19:40:39 +0000 Beth Moszkowicz http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=239292 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> A proposal to establish a local hiring mandate was passed Tuesday by the Baltimore City Council’s Taxation, Finance and Economic Development Committee after a brief, 15-minute work session. ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/05/07/baltimore-city-council-committee-approves-local-hiring-mandate/feed/ 0 Council committee approves resolution on Hyatt staffing  http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/03/14/council-committee-approves-resolution-on-hyatt-staffing/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/03/14/council-committee-approves-resolution-on-hyatt-staffing/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:57:36 +0000 Alissa Gulin http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=235633 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> The Baltimore City Council Labor Committee voted Thursday evening in favor of a resolution urging the Hyatt Regency Baltimore hotel to stop hiring contracted workers through staffing companies and to sign a “labor peace” agreement with employees that says the hotel will not interfere with unionization efforts. ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/03/14/council-committee-approves-resolution-on-hyatt-staffing/feed/ 0 Baltimore city committee votes to lift cap on sports, concert ticket surcharge  http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/02/28/baltimore-city-committee-votes-to-lift-cap-on-sports-concert-ticket-surcharge/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/02/28/baltimore-city-committee-votes-to-lift-cap-on-sports-concert-ticket-surcharge/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:14:46 +0000 Kristi Tousignant http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=234594 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Baltimore’s 50-cent cap on ticket surcharges for events like concerts and sports games could be gone — for a while, at least. ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/02/28/baltimore-city-committee-votes-to-lift-cap-on-sports-concert-ticket-surcharge/feed/ 0 City Council supports moratorium on fracking  http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/02/06/city-council-supports-moratorium-on-fracking/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/02/06/city-council-supports-moratorium-on-fracking/#comments Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:07:21 +0000 Alexander Pyles http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=233162 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> The debate over fracking had already moved from the farmland of Western Maryland to the State House. Now it has gotten the attention of the Baltimore City Council. ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2013/02/06/city-council-supports-moratorium-on-fracking/feed/ 0 Councilman proposes new zoning for wind turbines in Baltimore  http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/11/28/councilman-proposes-new-zoning-for-wind-turbines-in-baltimore/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/11/28/councilman-proposes-new-zoning-for-wind-turbines-in-baltimore/#comments Wed, 28 Nov 2012 17:31:47 +0000 Alexander Pyles http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=228811 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Baltimore City Councilman James B. Kraft said Wednesday he has proposed that the city’s zoning code be amended to allow the installation of energy-producing wind turbines, both near the harbor and in some residential areas. ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/11/28/councilman-proposes-new-zoning-for-wind-turbines-in-baltimore/feed/ 0 State’s Attorney Bernstein moving office to SunTrust  http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/10/11/states-attorney-bernstein-moving-office-to-suntrust/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/10/11/states-attorney-bernstein-moving-office-to-suntrust/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2012 23:56:12 +0000 Beth Moszkowicz http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=225440 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> Baltimore City State’s Attorney Gregg L. Bernstein has achieved one of the first goals he announced after taking office in January 2011: Finding new space to consolidate roughly 200 prosecutors, investigators and support staff who are now dispersed throughout the city’s circuit courthouses. ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/10/11/states-attorney-bernstein-moving-office-to-suntrust/feed/ 0 Committee OKs restoring Harbor Point to Enterprise Zone  http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/09/05/committee-oks-restoring-harbor-point-to-enterprise-zone/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/09/05/committee-oks-restoring-harbor-point-to-enterprise-zone/#comments Wed, 05 Sep 2012 23:56:11 +0000 Melody Simmons http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=222999 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> A Baltimore City Council committee voted Wednesday evening to restore Harbor Point to the city’s list of Enterprise Zones, making it eligible for lucrative tax breaks as a $1.5 billion development is set to begin there. ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/09/05/committee-oks-restoring-harbor-point-to-enterprise-zone/feed/ 0 $1.4M endowment to honor Schaefer’s ‘do it now’ legacy  http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/07/24/1-4m-endowment-endowment-to-honor-schaefers-do-it-now-legacy/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/07/24/1-4m-endowment-endowment-to-honor-schaefers-do-it-now-legacy/#comments Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:02:39 +0000 Melody Simmons http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=219898 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> William Donald Schaefer’s parting gift to his beloved city will help to pay for flowers, neighborhood improvements and even flagpoles. ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/07/24/1-4m-endowment-endowment-to-honor-schaefers-do-it-now-legacy/feed/ 0 Baltimore budget approved by City Council, Board of Estimates  http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/06/25/baltimore-budget-approved-by-city-council-board-of-estimates/ http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/06/25/baltimore-budget-approved-by-city-council-board-of-estimates/#comments Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:32:36 +0000 Melody Simmons http://thedailyrecord.com/?p=217962 (access required)&via=&related=DolcePixel"> The Baltimore City Council and the city’s Board of Estimates voted to approve a $2.8 billion budget for 2013 Monday that will force the closing of three city fire houses while granting a residential property tax cut, the city’s first in four years. The fiscal 2013 budget was approved by the council following several contentious [...] ]]> http://thedailyrecord.com/2012/06/25/baltimore-budget-approved-by-city-council-board-of-estimates/feed/ 0