Tag: Mayor
Former Alderman Calls For Removal Of Kirby
Eye On Annapolis has learned that a group of citizens, as well as former Annapolis Alderman Julie Stankivic, has requested that Annapolis Mayor, Joshua Cohen take action on the issue of Alderman Kenny Kirby’s residence and remove him from his Aldermanic seat. The group has sent a letter to Mayor Cohen demanding that he uphold the [...]
More Celebrity Speakers Featured At This Years Home Expo
The 7th annual Annapolis Home and Remodeling Expo is a one-of-a-kind homeowners event showcasing products and services for the outside of the house, the inside of the house, and the people in the house. The Expo will run for two weekends, February Feb. 18-19, and 25-26 from 10AM-6PM on Saturdays and 11AM-5PM on Sundays. The [...]
Annapolis Announces Spring Greenscape Planning
Join the community to celebrate two decades of making Annapolis a beautiful town! The City of Annapolis will host its annual spring GreenScape on Saturday, April 21. GreenScape is a volunteer effort that encourages and supports individuals and organizations to plant and maintain native gardens in public areas throughout the city. An initiative now held [...]
City Alderman’s Home Raided By Annapolis Police Department
<–to share this information with Google, your Facebook friends, and Twitter followers, please click the icons to the left. Thank you! UPDATE: 06:37pm, January 7, 2012. Annapolis Mayor, Joshua J. Cohen has issued the following statement regarding the raid on Alderman Kirby’s residence. First and foremost I commend our police officers for their professionalism in [...]
Moving Around In Downtown Annapolis Just Got Easier And Cheaper!
Annapolis Mayor Joshua J. Cohen announced today that the City is continuing the pilot Circulator Trolley service as an ongoing part of the Department of Transportation’s Fleet. Moreover, the City will make rides on the Trolley free of charge to the public. The Annapolis City Council voted to authorize marketing dollars to enhance public awareness [...]
Annapolis Police Seek Help With Indecent Exposure Cases
<–Please use the icons to the left to share this information with Google, your friends on Facebook, and your followers on Twitter. On December 28, 2011 at 6 p.m. Annapolis police officers were dispatched to the CVS at 503 South Cherry Grove Avenue for report of an indecent exposure. The adult female victim reported that as [...]
New Years Schedules For Annapolis City Services
Annapolis Mayor Joshua J. Cohen reminds residents that some City services will be affected during the New Year holiday. Saturday, December 31, 2011 (New Year’s Eve): Annapolis Transit will operate on a regular schedule all day. The Circulator Trolley will operate until 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, January 1, 2012. You can catch the Circulator trolley [...]
Former Mayor Dean Johnson, 68, Dies
Former Annapolis Mayor, Dean Johnson, passed away yesterday from a complication of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Johnson was diagnosed with the disease in 1999. He was a one term mayor (1997-2001) and served as an Alderman for Ward 2 for eight years prior to that. Services are scheduled at the First Presbyterian Church at 171 Duke of [...]
Too Valuable To Fire?
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 [...]
So, Mr. Mayor, What Now?
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 [...]
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 Budget Explained (VIDEO)
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 [...]
Cohen: No New Taxes
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 [...]
ABC And ACP Have It Wrong
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 [...]
What To Do With The Market House
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 [...]
Political Brilliance
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 [...]
Annapolis Poll
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
