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Journey Home staff--and about 300
volunteers--will be making their own journey
on Monday night/Tuesday morning, Jan. 26
and 27, covering the city between the hours of
midnight and 6 a.m. to count the homeless
spending the night on the streets.
The homeless census is an annual
responsibility for Journey Home, which must
be fulfilled in order for the program to receive
federal funding from the Department of
Housing and Urban Development.
Every year, Journey Home counts the
homeless spending the night in shelters. But
on every other year, including this one, the
organization counts the “unsheltered”
homeless population as well.
The “sheltered” head count, according to
Adrienne Breidenstine, executive director of
Journey Home, simply counts the number of
“butts in beds” in the city’s shelter network.
As the shelters have been “definitely
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Though both sides are waiting with baited
breath for a statement from Gov. Larry Hogan,
the debate over the Baltimore Red Line is
trudging onward in the meantime.
An alternative to the Red Line proposed by
the Right Rail Coalition, a Canton-based
nonprofit group, has recently gained traction,
with State Sen. Bill Ferguson and Del. Pete
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As a large part of the proposed public
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On Nov. 13, the Maryland Transit
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First, the RRC plan:
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and the RRC’s alternative are more or less the
same. However, where the Red Line would
turn south and head to the waterfront, which
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Ferguson and Hammen
should support Red Line as planned
To the Editor:
I am disappointed by the recent news that State Sen. Bill Ferguson and Del. Pete Hammen
are supporting the “Right Rail Coalition” alternative to the Red Line.
I would like to make sure that Sen. Ferguson and Del. Hammen are aware of the recently
released, in-depth engineering and financial analysis of the Right Rail plan from the
experienced state transportation planners at the MTA. According to this analysis, the plan
from RRC will cost anywhere from $2.6 billion to $3.3 billion, meaning the Right Rail
folks underestimated the cost of their own plan by as much as $1.5 billion.
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Additionally, the analysis finds that the stations proposed in the RRC plan are located in
areas with a total population that is 49-percent less than that of the proposed Red Line
stations, which leads to the conclusion that although taxpayers will be footing a similar,
possibly higher, bill compared to the Red Line, they will in return get transportation with
dramatically lower ridership.
There’s more: Because the RRC alternative is substantially different from the existing plans
for the Red Line, it would send the entire project back to the drawing board. As a result,
according to the analysis, the project would “forego the current federal funding
recommendation of $900 million and would be subject to annual cost escalation of three
percent, or $54 million per year”.
Or put another way: Without a shovel in the ground, the Right Rail Coalition’s plan already
costs at least $2.6 billion and rising, with no federal funding available.
It’s predictable that Red Line opponents will deride this report as an MTA conspiracy. But
let’s give some credit to actual professional transit engineers. This is a great example of
what happens when you go from the luxury of drawing a line on a map to the grueling task
of being accountable for making a transit system work in the real world.
If Sen. Ferguson and Del. Hammen agree that improved transit is crucial for Baltimore’s
future, they need to stand with our local and federal legislators to fight for the Red Line,
instead of being distracted and divided by a hastily conceived “plan” that has the effect of
denying Southeast Baltimore access to quality transit service.
Grant Corley, Patterson Park
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Last Wednesday night, the Fell’s Prospect
Community Association voted, with no
opposition, to support Anita Bhatia’s efforts to
have her property at 502 S. Castle St. rezoned
from residential to business to make way for a
fitness center.
The property is located immediately west of
the Fell’s Prospect Burger King, just across S.
Castle St., a small alley street.
Bhatia, who has lived in Fell’s Prospect on
the 400 block of S. Chapel St. for 20 years,
hopes to open a second Baltimore location for
Pop Physique, a “boutique studio for barre
exercise class” that typically attracts women
between the ages of 25 and 40. There are 17
Pop Physique locations in California, and one
in Baltimore, at 339 N. Charles St. in Mt.
Vernon, at which Bhatia is an instructor.
Pop Physique focuses on barre, a form of
exercise or movement discipline that utilizes
what is essentially a horizontal wooden bar,
anchored at waist-height o the wall. Ballet
dancers use the barre to stretch and train.
“Barre is a ballet-based fitness regimen that
incorporates elements of yoga and pilates,”
said Bhatia.
Apparently understanding the audience to
whom she was presenting, Bhatia emphasized
that, though her business would focus on barre,
it would never be a bar.
“There’s no B-A-R that can go there, because
it’s too close to the school and to the church,”
said Bhatia.
The property is in close proximity to Cristo
Rey Jesuit High School and Holy Rosary
Catholic Church.
Bhatia said that she had purchased the
property in 2009, specifically to use as a fitness
facility when she was ready. When she bought
it, it was zoned for business use, she added.
“I would never have paid so much for that
property if it wasn’t zoned as B-3-3,” Bhatia
said.
For reasons unbeknownst to her, the zoning
recently changed to residential.
Residents questioned her on parking for the
business. She said that she expects most of her
clients to be be neighborhood residents who
would walk to the studio.
Laura Irwin, an officer of the Fell’s Prospect
association, noted that the people she knows
who go to Inline Group Fitness in Canton
typically walk there.
Bruce Ward, a longtime member of Fell’s
Prospect and also an officer, said that he
thought a fitness studio would be “good for the
neighborhood.”
“It’s more people in the street,” he said.
Legislation to rezone Bhatia’s property
would come from City Councilman Jim Kraft.
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HOMELESS: Residents donate hats, scarves
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consistently at capacity over the years,” said
Breidenstine, the count is also a measure of
the city’s overall capacity for sheltering
homeless.
The unsheltered count measures something
else.
“We look at our unsheltered count basically
as a measure of the community’s need,” she
said.
In 2013, there were about 2,600 homeless in
shelters between midnight and 6 a.m. on the
count night. Journey Home identified about
295 individuals citywide who were spending
the night on the street.
“The plain and simple fact is that we don’t
have enough places for people to go,” said
Breidenstine.
She also acknowledged that there are some
homeless who just don’t want to stay in
shelters.
“Some people don’t feel safe; some can’t
sleep,” she said.
She said that Journey Home knows the
nooks and crannies in the city where homeless
set up encampments, such as near the railroad
tracks between Eastern Ave. and I-95, near
Johns Hopkins Bayview Hospital.
“We spend a lot of time trying to identify
those encampments, which we call hot spots,”
said Breidenstine.
When homeless are found, they are not just
counted, she said.
“We include a survey; that’s a great way for
us to get the needs and characteristics of the
homeless people of Baltimore.”
In addition to questions about their health,
their families, and where they are from,
homeless are asked how long they have been
without a home.
“Different groups of people move through
[homelessness] at different paces,” said
Breidenstine.
Homeless families, for example, tend to be
homeless for shorter periods because there are
more resources available for them than for
single adults. There are also people that
Journey Home refers to as “chronically
homeless.”
“These folks tend to be homeless for the
long haul,” said Breidenstine.
As in anything else in life, individual
abilities play a role.
“It all depends on the person and how able
they are to take advantage of services and be
an advocate for themselves,” she said.
New this year is a focus on homeless youth.
Youth, per HUD standards, is anyone under
25.
“They tend to be a more hidden population
of homeless,” commented Breidenstine.
“They tend to shy away from police and any
kind of authority figures.”
The count is held during night hours
because that is the best time to find homeless
either in shelters or sheltering in place on the
streets. Like non-homeless, they tend to take
care of business during the day, going to
doctors’ appointments and running other
errands.
Breidenstine says that the large number of
homeless in Baltimore may be attributed to a
lack of affordable housing in the city. She said
that the average one-bedroom apartment
rental in the city is $1001 per month, too
expensive for many.
“Lots of the people we see who are
homeless are working, but are not making
enough to afford housing,” she said. “The
affordable housing crisis is a national
problem.”
“Twenty-five years ago, HUD used to fund
public housing and section eight vouchers at
a much higher level than they do today,”
Breidenstine continued. “It was cut in the 80s,
which was when we started to see more
homelessness.”
She acknowledged that vagrancy in the
Fell’s Point and Upper Fell’s Point areas,
especially along Broadway, is a problem.
“They do deal with a lot of people who are
drunk in that area,” she said. “A lot of them
are not homeless--they just didn’t make it
home that night--but some are.”
About 10 staff and 300 volunteers have
been enlisted for the Point in Time census,
whichalso aims to connect homeless with
available services. Participants include City
Councilman Eric Costello and Mayor
Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Breidenstine said.
Jeffrey Amoros, a community aide with
City Councilman Jim Kraft’s office, is
participating in the count as well, and has
been collecting hats, mittens, scarves and
first aid kits to distribute.
Last week at the Fell’s Prospect Community
Association, Amoros reported that around 30
boxes and garbage bag-sized bags of items
had been donated.
“The response from southeast Baltimore
has been tremendous,” he said.
Collections are continuing through
Thursday; Amoros said that more first aid
kits are needed. Donations may be dropped
off at Long and Foster, Broadway and
Aliceanna St., or at the Church on the Square,
1025 S. Potomac Ave., at the east end of
O’Donnell Square in Canton. For more
information, contact Kraft’s office at 410396-4821.
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Email your events to Erik Zygmont editor@
baltimoreguide.com. Events are due at noon
on the Friday before publication.
Wednesday, January 21
Graceland
Park
Improvement
Association: The group meets Wednesday,
Jan. 21, 7-8:30 p.m.., at Graceland United
Methodist Church, 6714 Youngstown Ave.
Mother Goose Baby Steps: Wednesdays,
11:30 a.m. An interactive nursery rhyme
program with music and movement. For
children up to 36 months of age with their
caregivers. Patterson Park Branch, Enoch
Pratt Library, 158 N. Linwood Ave. Info: 410396-0983.
Canton Baptist Church Adult Bible
Study: Every Wednesday 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Classes for youth and children. Info:
410.563.1177.
Buena Casa, Buena Brasa: Todos los
jueves. Canciones, rimas, cuentos, y juegos,
para los niños (0-3 años) y los padres o
cuidadores. 11 a.m. at the Southeast Anchor
Branch, Enoch Pratt Library, 3601 Eastern
Ave. Info: 410-396-1580.
Friday, January 23
Bingo: Join Patterson Park Public Charter
School for Bingo to benefit the school on
Friday, Jan. 23, 6-10 p.m., at the school, 2726
E. Baltimore St. Doors open at 6 p.m.; games
begin at 7 p.m. The cost is $10 to play; includes
three Bingo cards. Three extra cards cost $5.
Cash prizes range from $25 to $100. Beer and
wine provided by Chesapeake Wine Company;
raffle prizes donated by Grace’s Acre, Bistro
Rx and Carol Underwood of Custom Fondant
Cake. Must be 18 to enter and 21 to drink.
Info: 410-558-1230 x393. To reserve your seat,
visit PPPCSBingo.eventbrite.com.
Saturday, January 24
Charm City Roller Girls: Watch the
Junkyard Dolls face off against the Night
Terrors, and Speed Regime takes a shot at last
year’s hometown champs, the Mobtown
Mods! The bout is at Du Burns Arena, 3100
Boston St., Saturday, Jan. 24. Doors open at
5:30 p.m. This year, viewers have the option of
enjoying a new beer garden. Tickets available
at missiontix.com. Info: CharmCityRollerGirls.
com.
Pick-up Men’s Lacrosse: Come and play
pick-up lacrosse in the park every other
Saturday, 10 a.m. Meet at the Pagoda. Bring
your own stick; a few laoners are available if
you don’t have one. This group is for novices.
Info: Search for the group on meetup.com.
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Sunday, January 25
PPPCS Open House: Patterson Park
Public Charter School is holding an open
house on Sunday, Jan. 25, 1-3 p.m., at the
school, 2726 E. Baltimore St. PPPCS is a
tuition-free public charter school, serving
kindergarten through grade 8. At the open
house, guests may learn about the school, tour
the building, meet teachers and staff, and ask
questions. Info: See www.pppcs.org, or call
Deborah Mattera at 410-558-1230 x393, or
email [email protected].
Monday, January 26
Young Adult Group: Join young adults
18-35 at Sacred Heart of Mary Parish, 6727
Duluth Ave., Dundalk, as we seek to build our
relationship with God. There will be talks,
testimonies, small group discussions, music,
free food and weekend activities. We meet
Mondays, 7 p.m., in the Parish Center, 6727
Duluth Ave., a two-story brick building. Info:
[email protected] or 410-633-2828.
Mother Goose Baby Steps: Mondays,11
a.m. An interactive nursery rhyme program
with music and movement. For children up to
36 months of age with their caregivers.
Southeast Anchor Branch, Enoch Pratt
Library, 3601 Eastern Ave. Info: 410-3961580.
Tuesday, January 27
State of the District: The monthly meeting
of the Canton Community Association is
Tuesday, Jan. 27, 7 p.m., at United Evangelical
Church, 3200 Dillon St. At this meeting, First
District Councilman Jim Kraft will be
updating his constituents on his plans and
progress in the district. Info: 410-396-4821.
Hampstead Hill Academy Open
House: Hampstead Hill Academy would like
to invite you to tour the school Tuesday, Jan.
27, at 9:30 am. You will have the opportunity
to speak with an administrator and step into
various classrooms. The school is located at
500 S. Linwood Avenue in Canton. If you
would like to attend, please call 410.396.9146
and ask for Ms. Swann, or email her directly at
[email protected].
Save the Date
Jan. 30, St. Casimir’s Open House: St.
Casimir Catholic School, 1035 S. Kenwood
Ave., is hosting an open house for prospective
parents on Friday, Jan. 30, 9-11 a.m. As an
educational leader in the Canton community
since 1902, St. Casimir Catholic School serves
students of all faiths in grades PreK3 to grade
8. Students in PreK3 and PreK4 may choose
full- or part-time programs. St. Casimir was
voted number one for local parochial, public
and charter schools in the area by Baltimore
Guide readers in July 2014. This is an
opportunity to meet the principal and see firsthand what St. Casimir’s can offer your family.
Info: 410-342-2681 or StCasimirSchool.us.
Community Notebook
Ice Skating: The Dominic “Mimi” DiPietro
Family Skating Center, 200 S. Linwood Ave.
inside Patterson Park, is now open to the
public on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11 a.m.-2
p.m.; Fridays, 7-9 p.m.; Saturdays, two
sessions, 3-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m.; and Sundays,
3-5 p.m. Admission is $4; skate rental is $2.
Info: Email John Kirk at john.kirk@
baltimorecity.gov, or call 410-396-9392.
Program for 2-year-olds; United
Evangelical PACT preschool (Parents and
Teachers Together) has openings for 2 year
olds. One morning per week, Oct-May. For
more information call the church, 410-2760393 or email us at [email protected].
Volunteer With Audubon: Time to spare?
Audubon would love your help making
environmental education programs in
Patterson Park successful. Please contact Kate
Creamer, volunteer coordinator, 410-558BIRD.
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A former stripper looks back on the Block; reading January 30
BY ERIK ZYGMONT
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The strip-club manager gazes up at his
favorite female, imagining her life decades in
the future: A handsome, confident woman,
fully aware of the power still inherent in her
form, her movement and her intellect. She has
a stable job, a loving husband, and is pursuing
an avocation as a writer, lecturer and soughtafter subject-matter expert.
Come on.
First of all, strip-club managers do not
imagine such scenarios, which, second, are
nonexistent anyway.
Margo Christie, a Denver resident who at
age 16 starting working on Baltimore’s
infamous Block, would dispute both
assertions. She now lives the above scenario.
Furthermore, a contingent of the strip-club
staff and even some of the regular customers
were indeed thoughtful and considerate, says
Christie.
“I didn’t feel taken advantage of at all,” she
says. “I felt they were always on the up-and-up
with me.”
The performers and bartenders formed an
“inner circle” that Christie says was “very
homey” and “almost family-oriented,
especially for girls like me and some other
girls who didn’t have a family.”
Christie credits Milton Carter, manager of
the Stage Door where the teenage girl went to
work in the late 1970s, as being a “grandfatherly
figure” that advised her away from drinking,
drugs and smoking. Then in his 70s, Carter
had been on the Block since the 1930s.
When the young and green Christie found
herself in a sticky situation, Carter clarified
something for her: “You don’t have to do
anything you don’t want to do,” he told her.
Ultimately, Christie didn’t.
“Every girl was different,” she says. “Some
girls could make good living without
compromising themselves, and I consider
myself one of them.”
Those without a certain way with people,
the “gift of gab,” were not so lucky, according
to Christie.
Christie looks back on the Block fondly and
with nostalgia, and without rose-colored
glasses.
“The Block was a really great place for me
to be, to be honest, even though it was sleazy,”
she says. “I put myself through school as a
stripper, and I did a couple other things as
well.”
One of the things she did was write a novel,
which she published in 2013.
Christie describes “These Days,” as “a
semi-autobiographical romp down memory
lane on a notorious burlesque strip, Baltimore’s
World-Famous Block.”
“It’s protagonist is a starstruck teen stripper
enamored of the glory days of burlesque and
determined to keep a bit of them alive,” wrote
Christie in an email.
Christie is coming to Baltimore at the end
of this month and will be reading from
“These Days” on Friday, Jan. 30, 6 p.m., at an
event at Germano’s Cabaret, above Germano’s
Piattini, 300 S. High St. in Little Italy. With
emceeing by author and actor Tony Hayes and
music by Michael Joseph Harris, “it’s going to
be fun-filled evening of linguini, literature
and laughs,” wrote Christie.
While heavily autobiographical--there’s
even a “key” at the back matching the
characters with their real-life counterparts-”These Days” includes some departures from
Christie’s real life.
“[The protagonist] grew up in
Highlandtown; I did not,” says Christie.
Nevertheless, the stripper-turned-bus driver
and novelist has as much love for the
neighborhood as John Waters or Rafael
Alvarez.
Alvarez, who was named “Baltimore’s Best
Writer” last year by Baltimore Magazine, will
open the Germano’s Cabaret event with
readings from his own book of short stories,
“Tales from the Holy Land,” in wh ch
i
Highlandtown is the “Holy Land.”
Christie credits Alvarez with giving her the
guidance and encouragement she needed to
publish “These Days.” She came across his
name when she found an old article of his
about a retired stripper from the Block. She
contacted him; he responded.
“I have to say he’s kind of my hero,”
Christie says. Without him, I don’t think I’d
have done much with my book.”
Christie’s history with Highlandtown began
before she went to work on the Block. She
held down a job at the Mustang Inn, still
located today at Eastern and East avenues,
then a popular stop for men on their way to
work at the shipyards, breweries or Sparrow’s
Point.
“They’d come in before work and slam
down a boilermaker and take an egg sandwich
to go,” Christie remembers.
Incidentally, this is the second time in the
Margo
Christie as a
21-year-old
performer
on the Block,
above, and
today, right.
| Top left photo
courtesy of
Margo Christie;
Right photo by
Michael Fox.
Baltimore Guide for Christie (a pen name).
Back then, she was named “Highlandtown’s
best-looking barmaid” in a feature about the
establishments along Eastern Ave. in what
was then known as the “Shopper’s Guide.”
She went to live in Highlandtown for a
second stint about a decade later, from 19921998.
“I really loved it because it was different
from what I had grown up with,” she says,
noting that the suburban family experience
she had lived as a young girl insulated her
from her neighbors.
“When I discovered Highlandtown...It just
seemed so much more connected than I was
used to,” she says.
Like her protagonist in “These Days,”
Christie remains very much enamored of
burlesque, the classic and classier predecessor
of straight stripping.
At a Denver-area senior center, she recently
held a burlesque workshop, an experience she
found all the more satisfying due to the fact
that some of her audience had actually been
around during the burlesque heyday.
Christie also performs in burlesque shows.
“I just get up and strip and be sexy and
classy about it, which I was back then anyway,”
she says.
Tickets for Christie’s Jan. 30 reading at
Germano’s should be purchased in advance,
visit germanospiattini.com for details and to
purchase tickets. On Saturday, Jan. 31, Christie
will be reading at the Wind-Up Space, 12 W.
North Ave., 5 p.m., as part of the New
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Hospital.
From there, an extension would be added to
the existing tunnel, west to a point near the
Berea neighborhood and the East Baltimore
Development Inc. development, where the rail
would emerge from the ground. It would then
connect to the MARC train before continuing
on to its end at Bayview.
The RRC says that their plan would cost
$1.75 billion. Not included in the cost is a
streetcar system that they say would eventually
tie in the waterfront neighborhoods and other
points to the core line.
According to the MTA, however, the RRC
plan, not including the streetcar component,
would cost between $2.6 billion (which is
equal to the MTA’s estimate for its own plan)
and $3.3 billion, up $1.5 billion from the
RRC’s own estimate of $1.75 billion.
The MTA review also states that “no travel
demand forecast of the RRC is available, but
the population within a ¼-mile radius of the
RRC stations is 49 percent less than the
population within the radius of the Red Line
stations, so MTA expects ridership to be
significantly less than the Red Line.”
The MTA concedes that the RRC plan
offers a shorter travel time for riders whose
trips are contained between Lexington Market
and Bayview. For riders traveling through
Lexington Market, however, there would be
“a significant time penalty” due to a train
transfer that would “likely reduce ridership,”
according to the MTA.
The MTA also argues, because the RRC
plan differs substantially from the original,
“several years of engineering would be
required to achieve the same level of
development as the Red Line.”
The delay, argues the MTA, would result in
a loss of the $900 million federal funding
commitment, “plus an annual cost escalation
of three percent, or $54 million per year.”
As with the Red Line itself, the RRC was
not impressed by the MTA report.
In a written critique of the report, the RRC
states:
“The MTA did not evaluate our plan. They
twisted and distorted our plan into a construct
of their own making which they then
concluded was more expensive than the [Red
Line].”
The MTA’s list of findings in its report,
continues the RRC, “merely demonstrates the
dire need for the MTA to actually do its job-planning and designing a rail transit system,
rather than wasting all its energy and resources
simply propping up and defending a line on a
map that someone drew back in 2001.”
The RRC then continues with a “list of
erroneous claims made in MTA’s Right Rail
Plan critique,” which mostly address
engineering-related assertions that the MTA
makes in its review of the RRC alternative.
With regard to the MTA’s assertion that
ridership for the RRC plan would be lower
due to the 49-percent lower population within
a quarter mile of its stations, the RRC states:
“Using ¼-mile population figures as a
surrogate for ridership analysis is very weak.
On the Red Line, there is virtually no
correlation between ¼-mile radius population
and ridership. Walk-in ridership is only 29
percent along the entire Red Line.”
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Coalition’s alternative is available at
rightrailcoalition.org. The full MTA review of
the alternative is available at the Red Line
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“Library” and then “General Information.” A
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2015
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BY ANDY
MINDZAK
Duquette situation informed
by the Clash, Meatloaf, Oasis
The Clash asked a big question back in
1982: “Should I stay or should I go?”
Now, in 2015, that question is most likely
going through Dan Duquette’s head.
This winter has been a quiet one for the
Baltimore Orioles, and anything that has
happened has been centered around people
leaving to play elsewhere via free agency.
Talk has focused on players like Nick
Markakis, Nelson Cruz and Andrew Miller.
There could be one more person leaving,
and it isn’t a player, it’s Executive Vice
President Dan Duquette.
There have been talks about Duquette
leaving Baltimore to take on the CEO role
with the Toronto Blue Jays. Initially, those
rumors were squashed, but recently there
was a report by Ken Rosenthal that the
Orioles and Jays have discussed a package
that would compensate the Orioles if
Duquette leaves to go north of the border.
Duquette is under contract until 2018, but if
he decides to leave, the O’s would get some
sort of compensation for his departure.
When Theo Epstein left the Boston Red
Sox to accept the position of president of
baseball operations with the Chicago Cubs,
the Red Sox received three players: Chris
Carpenter, Aaron Kurcz and Jair Bogaerts
from the Cubs. If Duquette does leave us,
then Baltimore could expect something
along those lines, I believe.
I need to be honest here…after coming
off an ALCS appearance, things were
looking up for the O’s, even though there
were a few questions this offseason with
regards to Markakis and Cruz. I thought
they would have probably let Cruz go, but
not Markakis. While that was probably
more of a kick to the stomach for the fan
base, rather than a major loss of on-field
product, it still hurt.
While that Clash song is surely in his
head, he’s giving us a Meatloaf phrase from
“Paradise by the Dashboard Light” when he
keeps begging us to let him sleep on it. As
in the song, he needs to give us an answer in
the morning.
Now, with Duquette potentially leaving,
who knows what’s going on. It’s tough to
feel that his heart is totally in it if he is being
pursued by not only another team, but
another team in the same division.
On the heels of the news that Max
Scherzer just signed with the Washington
Nationals (giving them one of the scariest
rotations in baseball, if not THE scariest) I
feel that in the Duquette situation, a decision
needs to be made quickly.
Buck Showalter gave us a gem back at
Fan Fest a few years ago when asked about
young players needing to step up. He said
they need to “you know what or get off the
pot.”
That sentiment greatly applies to the
decision around Duquette.
Obviously I didn’t expect the O’s to go
after a big name player like Scherzer, but
that just makes me question this limbo even
more. One way or another, a decision needs
to be made, and now.
Personally, after the job Duquette has
done, I would like to pull an Oasis quote and
ask him to “Don’t go away, say what you
say, say that you’ll stay...”
The lineup changes reported, and they
were announced to the Ravens, but
Baltimore was unsure how to handle it. The
result of that play was a 14-yard pass to the
New England offensive lineman Michael
Hoomanawanui, which set them up at the
Baltimore 10 yard line. Harbaugh came on
the field to protest the move and was
penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct,
moving the ball to the Baltimore five,
eventually leading to a Patriot touchdown.
While he might have been right about at
least questioning the move, why not just call
a timeout? I understand timeouts are
important, but if your defense isn’t set up or
you get a look you don’t like, call a timeout.
Overall, the Ravens had a good season,
considering all of the turmoil they had to
deal with early in the year with Ray Rice.
While this year does not result in a Super
Bowl appearance, they still made the
playoffs for the sixth time in the past seven
seasons. Pretty impressive.
Now it’s on to the Orioles for hope and
inspiration.
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Eastern Correctional Institute, Westover, MD
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BAYVIEW AREA- 2nd floor, 1
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BALTIMORE BC8480195
3BR Town home. Updated kitchen
Corner lot, large fenced yard, newer siding
& appliances. Freshly painted. Lg
covered porch, large country kitchen w/lots
closet in master BR. Spacious yard
of cabinets & counter space. Basement
for entertaining. Bonus rm for family
water proofed with drain system & sump
pumps, reconstructed sub footing. Possible or game rm. Just move your furniture in. Home Sweet Home!!
Centrally located to major roads. Plenty of parking and storage.
4th BR on 2nd level. Seller is willing to help with some closing.
in the BALTIMORE GUIDE
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BALTIMORE BC8481005
Home full of old world charm w/architectural
details throughout. Spacious living. Features
wood burning stove, rare find w/attached
garage. Screened porch for out door
entertaining. Tons of storage. Landscaped
corner lot. Great price. It won’t last long.
BALTIMORE BC8483292
Lovingly maintained Mays Chapel
Condo. 2BR, 2 Full BA. Best price in
the community. NEW CARPET, FRESH
PAINT. Large master BR w/walk in
closet & Full Master BA feat. dual sinks. Spacious laundry room
w/storage. Great view from the balcony. Only minutes from I 83.
BALTIMORE BC8485908
Lovely home with newer. Gourmet
Kitchen, 4 bedroom , 4 full baths
with lovely finished lower level
Large rear deck. This house is
great for all your entertaining
needs.
BALTIMORE BC8486695
Remodeled from top to bottom.
Large lot, Gourmet kitchen w/
updated appliances, granite counter
tops, vaulted ceiling & recessed
lighting. 2 BA, hardwood floors
throughout main level. Tons of
storage in house & in the garage.
This is a great house. It won’t last long. You will love this home.
BALTIMORE BA8490260
Highlandtown - Great 3 bedroom (1 pass
through) home. Very clean and Priced to
sell. Trendy exposed brick wall in the dining
room. Large eat in kitchen. Spacious living
room. Covered front porch and fenced rear
yard. Partially finished lower level.
BALTIMORE BA8498223
Spacious 1 bedroom 1 bath 2nd
floor apartment in single family
home.
BALTIMORE BA8499285
Extremely large 2 bedroom 1 bath
apartment with wood burning Fireplace
beautiful wood bar and built in china closet.
Washer and Dryer in laundry room with lots
of storage space. This is a must see.
HARFORD HR8500639
Many advantages w/5BR, 3BA home
also zoned B-3 commercial. Great
location .04 mile from 95. Lots of space
& parking. Conveniently located for
business. Huge back deck, almost 2 acre lot. Property is technically
1213 Old Mountain Rd. South but as it sits it is 1213 Mountain Rd.
BALTIMORE BC8506003
This 1 bedroom 1.5 bath home is
completely remodeled with new
siding new windows,new drywall
new carpet new c/a and heat.House
has water view and 2 car garage. This
BALTIMORE BC8509917
Rosedale 4 br Colonial w/2.5 ba located
in a cul de sac. Features crown molding,
chair molding, architectural columns,
hw floors, family rm, gas fp & lg deck.
Master br, master ba w/dual vanities,
2 closets, jetted tub. Minutes to Franklin Sq. Hospital, I695, I95.
Full-Time, Days, Canton-Baltimore, MD
The professionals we select will play a major role in the collaborative process of
assessment, planning, facilitation, care coordination, evaluation, and advocacy for
options and services to meet the comprehensive health needs of patients and families.
These individuals will promote quality, cost-effective outcomes, including care
coordination for complex and catastrophic conditions, and support hospital transition of
care and PCMH programs.
home is a must see.
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within 18 months of hire, CCM with two or more years of case management experience
or equivalent, OR four or more years of clinical experience in medical-surgical,
community/home health care, case management, and equivalent experience
reviewing patient medical care and services are all required.
For consideration, please send resumes to
[email protected]
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BALTIMORE CITY BA8513759
Beautiful corner bar with exposed brick
wall. Owner’s suite above the bar or it could
be used as an office. Includes steamer,
game machines, and much, much more.
This is a must see.
BALTIMORE CITY BA8513330
This is an estate sale to be sold AS IS with
great view of downtown.
BALTIMORE CITY BA8525215
Seller to verify zoned b-2-2 open floor plan
with front, back and side entrances. Upstairs
apartment 2br/1ba with separate outside
entrance. All appliances convey. Historical
tax credit in place, great location! Close to
Patterson Park and Canton. Open your business on one level and
live on the second level. Call owner directly for showings.
BALTIMORE BC8525946
This is a lovely 4 bedroom home with a den
has a huge eat in kitchen with beautiful
hardwood floors in the living room. Home
has a large deck on a corner lot for all of your
entertaining needs. No smoking. No pets.
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