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RainDog

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16. He's a smart man

Reply to msanthrope (Reply #15)

Mon Jan 2, 2012, 03:51 AM

Jan 2012

He also got The Open Society to locate in Baltimore.

But from what I read, he had some opponents about the Inner Harbor - of course, no politician ever lives one day without opponents.

It was a definitely an accomplishment that he was able to keep Baltimore's bond rating up during the Reagan era while other east coast cities were downgraded, tho.

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