A frequent political candidate and disbarred lawyer who claims he had a 25-year friendship with William Donald Schaefer has filed a $28,000 claim against the late governor’s estate. J. Michael Schaefer, who is not related to the governor, alleges he ...

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It’s time for more doing and less suing. It’s also time for seeing who runs Baltimore. In a forceful essay in The Baltimore Sun this week, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake boldly asserts herself. Her general target? A tendency to sue when ...

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William Donald Schaefer, whose collective public service included nearly three decades as Baltimore mayor, Maryland governor and state comptroller, was memorialized Wednesday before an overflow crowd of former aides, dignitaries, politicians and the common folk at Old Saint Paul’s Episcopal ...

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I heard about him before I got to The Sun in 1977. Some sort of miracle worker. Some sort of wacky, colorful galoot. Whatever, I thought . That was before I learned that “whatever“ wouldn’t cut it with William Donald ...

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William Donald Schaefer was laid to rest on Wednesday. Although he served as governor and comptroller of Maryland, he will be remembered best for the job he loved most, being mayor of Baltimore. This year marks the 40th anniversary of ...

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William Donald Schaefer, former mayor of Baltimore and governor of Maryland, is being remembered as cheerleader who wasn’t satisfied until everyone shared his love for his city and state. “He always had the right instinct that set the right tone ...

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To govern is to choose. You can’t do everything. You don’t have the bucks. You don’t have unlimited energy. So you choose. The late William Donald Schaefer hated that reality. People were always after him to set priorities, to say ...

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CHICAGO — A judge sought to wind down jury selection for the corruption retrial of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, questioning a last batch of candidates Tuesday that included a man who had downloaded cell phone ring tones of Blagojevich’s ...

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The city streets began to fill with mourners and those with signs saying “Thank you” and “Rest in Peace” one hour before the motorcade arrived in Baltimore from the State House in Annapolis. At Lexington Market, two tables held a ...

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CHICAGO — The judge in Rod Blagojevich’s corruption retrial has begun questioning jurors during the second full day of jury selection. First up was a woman who’s a Navy veteran, who says she didn’t pay much attention to the case ...

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