Mar 3, 2009 0
By JOAN JACOBSON
The scathing op-ed by Peter Sabonis, of Maryland Legal Aid, about understaffing in Maryland human services agencies resonated, with at least one fed-up Baltimore County supervisor. Legal Aid has posted his anonymous, but quite compelling, letter. Read the rest of this entry »
Feb 23, 2009 7
By MELODY SIMMONS and FERN SHEN
Donna Hanks’ history of trouble making house payments, ripe for the picking on public databases, hit the blogosphere over the weekend like sirloin in a piranha tank. The tart-tongued East Baltimore grandmother is firing back, meanwhile, and ACORN is defending its vetting process.
UPDATES: Hanks is arrested and charged with 4th degree burglary (Baltimore Sun 2/25/09) ACORN activist who helped Hanks break into her old house is arrested. (Baltimore Sun 2/23/09) City Council considers bill to slow evictions (Baltimore Sun 2/24/09)
PLUS: Video of the break-in.
Jan 29, 2009 0
Buy a raffle ticket for a restaurant meal and help Manna House help homeless people in Baltimore. Manna House, a shelter on 25th Street that serves 200 meals a day to homeless people, has been getting more clients and fewer donations — no surprise in this economy. Read the rest of this entry »
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