Statewide primary elections are just a month away, and while it’s hard not to notice that Gov. Wes Moore and other statewide candidates are out and about, it can be difficult to find out who is on the ballot at the local and neighborhood level. Early voting runs from June 11-18 and election day is June 23.
When new 11th District city council member Zac Blanchard took his oath of office on Dec. 5, he quickly discovered that his assigned office in the main city hall building would not house his authorized staff. Then he learned that his offer to a man whom he wanted as his legislative director had been screwed up by the city’s personnel office.
With hotly contested elections this year for Baltimore mayor, city council president and for Bolton Hill’s two city council members (and the U.S. Senate), it’s important to be registered to vote on or before primary election day on May 14.
A poll published in the Baltimore Sun this month showed that a third of Democrats and 42 percent of Republicans were undecided how to vote in next month’s party gubernatorial primaries, even though the combined 15 candidates for governor have spent millions trying to reach voters through social media, print and broadcast advertising, campaign stunts and in-person events.
China Terrell is a Bolton Hill mom, a lawyer and activist in city affairs, and the leader of a non-profit organization that advocates for urban improvement.
The deadline to purchase a 2022-23 Zone C parking permit for Bolton Hill residents is March 23.
Bolton Hill Community Association members went back to the future this month, electing Neal Friedlander to lead the organization.
Bolton Hill’s Legislative District 40 residents have a new delegate to the Maryland General Assembly, ritually named by the state’s Republican governor with the support of only four members of the city’s Democratic Central Committee.
