MARYLAND: At Republican's request, analysts add up O'Malley's I...
Oh I would venture to say it is going to end up being more than just 17,000.00. When he was the Baltimore Mayor, O'Malley went on a trip to Ireland and took his police department's security detail with him for a few days. That is an eight man team at an average of $50.00 an hour plus food, lodging, and transportation. Would venture to say that it cost tax payers roughly 50,000.00 for that little vacation. He is also the person that was responsible for allowing the crime stats in Baltimore to be "altered " when the city was running for an olympic bid. Amazing how quickly crime dropped during this time. The only difference between O'malley and a criminal is that O'malley's position is written in to law. Amazing how the teflon don never has anything stuck to him. (Jan 10, 2008 | post #2)
Police Investigate Stabbing At Columbia Mall
No Joan, not all drive by's are committed by black people. There was a drive by in Columbia off of Broken land park way last year that was committed by an arab man. Of the drive by's that happened last year in columbia, most of them were either committed by hispanic males or white males. If you ever get a chance to head down to Jessup prison, take a look around. It is a pretty fair mix of every race. It is also one of the most dangerous prisons in the country with attacks on guards and other inmates...And convieniently located right in "East Columbia". Anything else you would like to know about the area, just ask. (Jan 10, 2008 | post #10)
Police Investigate Stabbing At Columbia Mall
Hate to break it to you Sabrinah, but Howard Co. hasn't been the mecca of goodness for some time now. They do their best to keep it off of your television and out of your mind. Late in the 90's, probably around 96-97, Harper's Choice became an open aired drug market and was a target of the police department for selective enforcement because of the amount of crime happening in the area. Long Reach had the same done. The neighborhood behind the mall which was once a thriving neighborhood is now a high concentration of section 8 where they have a 5.00 a month rent payment and don't pay that. I have been with the fire department in Howard co. now for ten years and have watched several neighborhoods go to hell quickly. Just last year in columbia right down the street from the mall a jogger found a guy who turned out to be a drug dealer shot several times in the head and was left for dead on the side walk. 1/2 mile from the mall. There are more drugs in Columbia than most places in Baltimore. Reason being, there is more money in Howard Co. and people can afford to buy them. "Facts support this", there has been a large amount of hispanic immigrants influxed in to Howard Co. over the past few years, you are right with that. Just check the Jessup/ Elkridge area which is now called "East Columbia" (what a joke). The flea market holds more people with Girlfriends names Mary Sanchez than I have ever seen in one place in my life. (note-Mary Sanchez is a code with MS-13 they use to try and throw police off of interigating them.) Yes, MS-13 is all over Howard Co, they are just constantly hassled by the police department and kept under control. One thing to be thankful of is those who live in Howard Co. have one hell of a Police Department serving them. Last year on 175, a rookie police officer made a traffic stop that netted 300,000.00 worth of Marijuanna that was headed to a dealer in Columbia. The entire ring was brought under because of it, but that was just one. Three years ago, the second largest drug cartell in the U.S had their operations stopped by a bust by the DEA and the HCPD. They arrested one guy who was wanted for murder in three different states and two countries and was supplying Howard Co. with almost a million dollars worth of Cocaine a week. That shop was right in Columbia by the mall. It is a great place to live, but you still have to pay attention and watch your back. (Jan 10, 2008 | post #9)
Male youth critical after stabbing in Columbia
I'm not shocked that this happened, what I am shocked about is the amount of people in Howard Co. that live with their heads in the sand and this false imagination of Howard Co. being crime free, drug free, and a model of Mr. Roger's neighborhood. Maybe it is because I am on the front line in Howard Co. and see this all the time, and no this is not an isolated event at the Mall, it happens more than you would think. (Jan 10, 2008 | post #1)
The biggest problem with that is that more innocent people are getting hit in the cross fire. It sounds like a great idea to let the cancers rid themselves, however, most of them can't shoot straight and end up hitting little kids who just wanted to play out front of their houses. (Jan 3, 2008 | post #5)
Yeah, I'm with you on that one Stevearino....How do you go to the land of civil unrest to "clean up your act" That is, unless there is a new town in Pennsylvania called Nigeria. (Jan 3, 2008 | post #3)
It amazes me to see the improvements that the city of New York has achieved with regards to crime, violent and non-violent. When is Baltimore going to follow suite? Ed Norris told the city what needed to be done, but it was taken with a grain of salt. (Jan 2, 2008 | post #2)
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