Tag Archives: Mayor
Too Valuable To Fire?
Posted on 16. Jun, 2010 at 6:37 am by The Observer.
Ward 8 Alderman Ross Arnett feels that the Director of Finance is “way to valuable to fire.” Yesterday, during a press conference regarding the $150,000 theft from City Hall, this same Director of Finance admitted that he was not sure if the money was in the vault before he locked it and that it did [...]
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So, Mr. Mayor, What Now?
Posted on 15. Jun, 2010 at 11:07 am by The Observer.
The last time I was in City Hall, the finance department was located right below the Mayor’s office, so this $150,000 was stolen literally right from under the Mayor’s nose! When you campaigned, your mission was to make Annapolis the best run city in the state of Maryland. Apparently some of those in your administration [...]
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City Of Annapolis Victim Of $150K Theft
Posted on 14. Jun, 2010 at 8:06 pm by John Frenaye.
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 [...]
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Annapolis Budget Explained (VIDEO)
Posted on 09. Jun, 2010 at 11:52 am by EOA Staff.
Annapolis Mayor, Joshua Cohen takes 10 minutes to explain the budget which was passed this past Monday. This year was (and remains) a difficult year and the Mayor is very clear that the budget is incredibly tight and that any deviation from it, will result in almost immediate cuts and layoffs. If you are an [...]
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Cohen: No New Taxes
Posted on 02. Jun, 2010 at 6:23 pm by EOA Staff.
Mayor Has Balanced Budget From a press release issued by City Hall: Amid final deliberations over the budget, Mayor Joshua J. Cohen declares that his revised fiscal year 2011 financial proposal will balance the City budget without raising the property tax rate. The mayor will present his budget amendment Thursday, June 3, at the work [...]
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ABC And ACP Have It Wrong
Posted on 21. May, 2010 at 8:10 am by EOA Staff.
Cohen Dresses Down Civic Group And Local Blogger Yesterday, a local blogger published a memo from the civic group, Annapolitans For A Better Community (ABC) indicating that the Mayor and Council were forging ahead with significant tax increases in order to balance the budget. According to the Annapolis Capital Punishment entry, the Mayor was considering [...]
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What To Do With The Market House
Posted on 14. May, 2010 at 10:03 am by EOA Staff.
The Offers Are In Annapolis Mayor, Joshua Cohen, asked for public proposals on the future of the market house. Proposals could be for the use of the entire building or just a portion. The deadline has come and gone, and the City received 15 proposals. Whole Use 4 separate proposals for a traditional market, cafe [...]
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Political Brilliance
Posted on 26. Apr, 2010 at 10:58 pm by EOA Staff.
Smith Out Tonight’s Annapolis City Council meeting was full of twists and turns. To no one’s surprise (except maybe the Council and Mayor) everyone is opposed to the City taking out a loan for $10 million to cover what now amounts to a $12 million deficit. Alderman Arnett told his constituents that he would be [...]
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Annapolis Poll
Posted on 25. Apr, 2010 at 11:08 am by John Frenaye.
What Are Your Feelings On City Manager Bills? Tomorrow, the City Council will be voting on three different bills which surround the contentious City Manager initiative. Today’s Capital (and Josh Stewart) did a good job explaining the players and controversy surrounding it. Most, if not all, of the City Council, including the Mayor, have flip [...]
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Cohen Adds Position To Cabinet
Posted on 20. Apr, 2010 at 4:01 pm by EOA Staff.
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 [...]
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Annapolis Harbormaster Retires
Posted on 16. Apr, 2010 at 10:30 am by EOA Staff.
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 [...]
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Annapolis Seeks Line Of Credit
Posted on 08. Apr, 2010 at 12:40 pm by EOA Staff.
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 [...]
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Annapolis Mayor Under Fire
Posted on 16. Mar, 2010 at 10:42 am by EOA Staff.
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 [...]
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Bomb Dogs Search City Hall
Posted on 11. Mar, 2010 at 9:24 am by EOA Staff.
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 [...]
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From The Classroom: A Practical Suggestion For City Hall
Posted on 10. Mar, 2010 at 12:47 pm by Seth Perry.
Last Friday, for our school’s celebration of Black History Month (postponed into March because of the snow. That’s what’s called white oppression. Zing!), we saw a screening of the movie Pip and Zastrow: An American Friendship about former Mayor Roger “Pip” Moyer and former city council candidate Zastrow Simms, two friends who bonded in a [...]
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Annapolis Budget Released
Posted on 09. Mar, 2010 at 12:19 pm by EOA Staff.
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, [...]
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Uphill Battle For Cohen
Posted on 09. Mar, 2010 at 11:17 am by EOA Staff.
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 [...]
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