Tag: Mayor Joshua J. Cohen
Insight To Silverman’s Hiatus
A reader left the following comment on our post about Alderman Mat Silverman’s leave of absence: The story is exactly on the script that Mat told me and I reported a few months ago to Capital Punishment, which printed it in full. I met with Mat when the City Manager bill was coming up for [...]
Annapolis Repays $10M Line Of Credit
Annapolis City hall has announced that they have rep[aid a controversial $10 million line of credit which was established to meet payroll and other obligations. While this appears to be good news on the surface, it does indicate that further lines of credit will need to be taken in the future. The release (below) also [...]
Cohen Names Another Committee
Annapolis Mayor, Joshua Cohen, has named another committee to study the City Dock area. The committee, called the City Dock Advisory Committee (CDAC) will be chaired by former Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke who lives near Annapolis. Additional insight can be found on the Historic Annapolis Patch. From City Hall: Mayor Joshua J. Cohen announces the [...]
New Security Measures At Annapolis City Hall
The following press release was just issued from Annapolis City Hall. This comes in the wake of a theft from the Finance Department of over $150,000 in cash and checks. While access to the safe was somewhat limited, whatever investigation was initiated by the City came up short and no suspect was ever identified or [...]
Mayor Seeks Volunteers For City Dock Committee
Mayor Joshua J. Cohen announces that the City of Annapolis is forming a citizens committee to advise the City on redeveloping City Dock. This is the administration’s first step in a yearlong planning effort to re-envision and renew Annapolis’ signature public space. The City Dock Advisory Committee will serve as the foundation for public involvement [...]
Market House & City Dock Presentation
UPDATE: The entire presentation is online. (Go to the “City Council Work Session” category and click on “Market House Update Sept 16″). However, from our computer there appears to be no sound, just a lot of mouths moving with nothing actually being said. The interface has a separate volume control in the lower right corner [...]
Annapolis Running Out Of Cash Fast
If you are on Facebook and want to shar this with your friends, simply click the “recommend” link above. Disclaimer: We were unable to attend tonight’s City Council meeting. We were provided with the attached (PDF) cash projections prior to the meeting. Naturally, we had some questions and observations. We had a call with Phill [...]
Annapolis Market House Update
The following information was just sent out by Annapolis City Hall: As the City continues its exclusive negotiations with Gone to Market LLC to rejuvenate the Market House, Mayor Joshua J. Cohen invites the public to attend a public briefing on Thursday, Sept. 16. At this meeting, the Mayor will provide a progress report to bring [...]
Annapolis Finance Director ‘Retiring’
The Annapolis Mayor’s office has announced the “retirement” of Tim Elliott who is the Director of the Finance Department. Elliott has come under fire lately for the theft of $150,000 from the vault in his office as well as constantly fluctuating deficit. After 26 years in City Hall, Elliott is moving onto the private sector. [...]
Public Testimony On Additional Loan
There will be an opportunity for the public to testify on the recent Charter Amendment introduced by the Mayor to increase the line of credit for the City to $20 million. The bad news is that they scheduled it for 4:30pm this Thursday. If you are unable to attend the meeting, comments and testimony can [...]
Popeye & Wimpy (VIDEO)
For anyone over 35, you are probably familiar with Popeye and Wimpy. Wimpy has a penchant for hamburgers, but never has enough money to afford them. His famous line, “I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today,” is equally applicable to the way Annapolis seems to be handling their finances. The budget and the [...]
Annapolis To Seek Another $10 Million Line Of Credit
City To Borrow Additional $10 Million In a surprise move, Annapolis Mayor Joshua Cohen introduced a Charter Amendment tonight to authorize the City to secure a $20 million dollar line of credit. This will be an additional $10 million on top of the loan the City has already approved. Undoubtedly this is a result of [...]
City Of Annapolis Victim Of $150K Theft
Approximately $150,000 has been discovered missing from the Finance Office in City Hall in Annapolis. The theft was discovered last week and an investigation was commenced immediately. According to sources, the Mayor was not notified of the theft or the investigation until this afternoon. The City has released the following statement with more details to [...]
Annapolis Harbormaster Retires
Last Day To Be May 1, 2010 Just as the 2010 boating season is getting started, Annapolis Harbormaster Ric Dahlgren has resigned.After 22 years and having served under five Mayors, Dahlgren has decided to leave the City. His immediate replacement will be the Deputy Harbormaster, however, it has yet to be determined if the City [...]
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 [...]
