Tag: mayor cohen
Pilot Program For City Dock Views
Annapolis Mayor Joshua J. Cohen announces a partnership benefiting City businesses, residents, visitors and the Market House vendors by creating a pedestrian-friendly space for the public to spend time and enjoy the remarkable beauty of Annapolis’ City Dock. On a trial basis and as a pilot project, a portion of Market Space will be used [...]
Mayor Addresses $150,000 Theft (AUDIO)
This is the audio of Mayor Josh Cohen’s press conference this afternoon addressing the $150,000 theft from City Hall. In addition to the Mayor, Tim Elliott (Director of Finance) and Chief Pristoop (Chief of Police) address the room. The City does not have any suspect at this time and it appears that the vault area [...]
Annapolis Approves Budget
Tonight, the Annapolis City Council passed the Mayor’s proposed budget of $75.1 million dollars. A press release from City Hall: The City Council voted last night to approve Mayor Joshua J. Cohen’s $75.1 million budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1. This spending plan is 13 percent smaller than the current-year $86.5 million [...]
Annapolis Seeks Line Of Credit
Will Annapolis Make Its Payroll? Annapolis has announced that they will be seeking a line of credit from Bank of America to help offset the fiscal crisis in the city. While they did not disclose the amount of this line, their press release (after the jump) indicates that they are concerned about meeting payroll obligations [...]
Mayor Cohen’s Idea Team Reports
Wrong Idea Last night, Annapolis Mayor Joshua J. Cohen’s “Idea Team” (transition team) addressed City Council with their reports. Each of the 8 teams was given 30 minutes to present the report to and field questions from the council. While the meeting was long, the Mayor did an excellent job of keeping everyone on schedule. [...]
Fundraiser For Annapolis’ New Mayor
Cohen Rebuilding Warchest Annapolis Mayor Joshua Cohen is hosting the first fundraiser of his administration on January 26, 2010. The breakfast event will be from 8:00am to 9:30am at The Rockfish at 400 Sixth Street in Annapolis. Tickets are $75 per person and sponshorships are available at the $500 and $1000 levels. Payments are being [...]
Annapolis And Snow Don’t Mix
Arundel Muckraker Doesn’t Discover Snow Plan Last month, Annapolis authorities were busy warning residents to get their cars off of “emergency snow routes“ and “emergency snow connector routes“, to prepare for the snow storm that blanketed the area a week before Christmas. Little did the residents know that it was mostly lip service. Sure it [...]
The Curious Case Of Mr. Smith
Qualifications Questioned It seems that the Executive Director of the International city/Council Management Association (ICMA) wants to be very clear that the newly appointed Chief Administrative Officer, Doug Smith, is not credentialed by the organization, nor does he appear to be in the process as reported in The Capital on December 5, 2009. Anyone who [...]
