Tag: josh cohen
Breaking: Ward 5 Alderman To Be MIA For 4 Months
Mathew Silverman, Alderman for Ward 5 will be absent for the next four months while he explores other career options. An opportunity has come up for Alderman Silverman to become a “federal law enforcement officer” which will require him being away from the City and his constituents from December through April and apparently the Mayor [...]
Something’s Fishy In Annapolis’ Market House
Things are always fishy at Pike Place Market in Seattle. They are always flinging fish from one end to the other and it has a vibrant business model to sustain the tourists and residents alike. But here in Annapolis, our Market House has been vacant for many years. There are no fish being flung. The [...]
Annapolis’ Market House Update
UPDATE 07/22/2010 5:24pm: Mayor Cohen has responded to the inquiry by The Annapolis Sound. The Annapolis Sound had uncovered some information that indicates that the Cohen Administration may be in negotiations with Lehr Jackson Associates for a long term lease for the Market House. As The Annapolis Sound points out this flies in the face [...]
Annapolis Predicts $4M Deficit By End Of 1st Quarter
Annapolis is already projecting a $4 million deficit by the end of the first quarter! What is wrong with City Hall? It only gets worse. Fifteen days into a new budget–one owned by Mayor Cohen, and the Finance Director (remember the one who was in charge when someone stole $150,000 from the City’s vault) says [...]
Local Blogger Finds Discontent With Same Sex Health Coverage
On June 22, 2010, Mayor Cohen took a giant step forward with a bold move to offer healthcare benefits to city employees who are in a same sex domestic partnership. His move was lauded nationally (albeit briefly) and locally as being progressive and a great thing for Annapolis–one of the nation’s oldest cities. Scott Bowling, [...]
Cohen Appoints Mallinoff
UPDATE 3:44PM June 24, 2010: According to City Public Information Officer Phillip McGowan, Smith’s salary will be $128,950, Mallinoff’s salary will be $138,310, and Simmons’ salary will be $102,575. McGowan advised that there was no increase in employees as Mallinoff assumed Smith’s salary and vice versa. However it was unclear the financial impact as they [...]
Cohen Expected To Name Mallinoff City Manager
The Baltimore Sun is reporting that sources have confirmed that Mike Mallinoff will be appointed City manager for Annapolis tomorrow afternoon when Mayor Josh Cohen holds a press conference at 2:30pm. Mallinoff will replace Chief Administrative Officer Doug Smith whose contract was not renewed. Mallinoff is a former City Manager of Newport, RI and served [...]
Update From Mayor Cohen
While a bit long, we feel it is important to pass along the information coming from City Hall in Annapolis regarding the budget. The budget must (by law) be balanced and passed in the next few weeks.
Cohen Adds Position To Cabinet
Mayor Names Stokes As Fire Chief This afternoon, Annapolis Mayor Joshua J. Cohen named David Stokes as Chief of the Annapolis Fire Department. Stokes has over 30 years with the Anne Arundel County Fire Department and served as its Chief from November 2006 through October 2008. During that time, Stokes managed a $100M budget. In [...]
Mayor Forms Yet Another Committee
Latest Committee To Study Economic Development Annapolis Mayor, Joshua Cohen has announced the formation of yet another committee to study economic development and report back with recommendations of an operational structure. From the press release issued by City Hall: To advance the City’s economic development efforts, Mayor Joshua J. Cohen is announcing the formation of [...]
City Enters Into Tentative Lease
Finally, A Resolution For The Market House Like the Phoenix who rose from the ashes, the Market House in Annapolis will once again be a place to hang out, socialize and dine on inexpensive food. As long as there are no glitches in the process, residents and visitors can expect to experience the smells of [...]
Annapolis Alderman Running For Another Office
Finlayson To Run For County Council Eye On Annapolis has learned that Annapolis Alderman, Sheila Finlayson (D-Ward 4) is preparing to throw her hat into the ring for Anne Arundel County Council. This will put Finalyson and recently appointed Councilman Chuck Ferrar on the Democratic Ballot in the primary election in September. This will set [...]
Annapolis Mayor Under Fire
CAO Appointment Challenged When Josh Cohen took office in December, he realized that he had a tough road in front of him. As he began to dig a little deeper, he began to realize it was much more difficult than anticipated. He has faced three record breaking snow storms, making a decision to cut programs [...]
Bomb Dogs Search City Hall
Police Will Not Confirm Threat Last week, we reported (and opined) that the addition of an executive protection detail for Annapolis Mayor Joshua Cohen and Chief Administrative Officer Doug Smith was excessive. We received reports that, in addition to the 24-7 police protection, a daily sweep of City Hall by a K-9 team trained in [...]
Annapolis Budget Released
Budget Summary New Annapolis Mayor Josh Cohen made a promise to be more transparent with City Government. He has kept true to his word. He maintains a blog and regularly updates on Twitter. Last night a summary of the budget was available at the Council Meeting. While there were close to 200 people in attendance, [...]
Uphill Battle For Cohen
Air Of Mistrust From Council & Employees If the State of the City address was any indication, Annapolis Mayor Josh Cohen has a battle on his hands and considering he is in his first three months of a four year term, the word “contentious” comes to mind. It is apparent that the Council, as a [...]
Fuzzy Math At City Hall
What Are The True Numbers? Over the course of 44 days, the news from Annapolis City Hall has indicated that there is budget deficit. However, they can’t seem to figure it out exactly. Since January 21, 2010, the current year deficit began at $2.6 million, ballooned up to $3.1 million (19%) and has now settled [...]
Annapolis Chief Concerned For Mayor’s Safety
Protection Detail Assigned For Cohen And Smith Rumors have been swirling for a few days that Annapolis Mayor Joshua Cohen now has an executive security detail. Apparently, he and Chief Administrative Officer, Doug Smith, were escorted into Tuesday’s forum by a police detail. Certainly with the layoffs promised by Cohen and Smith, there is a [...]
Annapolis Budget Forums
Image via Wikipedia Mayor Encourages Feedback Last night, about 60 people filled the Media Center at Georgetown East Elementary School to listen to a presentation about the City of Annapolis’ Budget (or lack of a budget it seems). The Mayor and Chief Administrative Officer, Doug Smith, succinctly outlined the problems facing the city. It is [...]
Dear Mr. Mayor
An Open Letter To Josh Cohen Dear Mr. Mayor– I hope this letter finds you well and that you were finally able to find that Advil you were looking for the other day. I am writing this to offer some constructive suggestions for future snow removal for the City. I have carefully read your blog [...]
Cohen Takes A Beating
Mayor’s Blog Flooded With Comments For those who don’t know, you should. Mayor Cohen has a blog where he periodically writes to keep everyone informed. It is one of his initiatives and a follow through on his promise of transparency in government. Yesterday, he took to his blog to ask for patience and to update [...]
County Council Selection
Chuck Ferrar Elected Selected To AA Council At last night’s County Council meeting, local businessman Chuck Ferrar was selected to replace the vacancy created by Josh Cohen. Ferrar is the owner of Bay Ridge Wine & Spirits in Annapolis. Ferrar steps into politics at a crucial time for the County as the council remains deeply [...]
