"better than any recent mayor since Schaeffer"
LOL that's not saying much! There is only 1 other mayor since Schaeffer - Curt Schmoke!
I guess you could say he's better in some ways than Schmoke, but I'm not sure. I don't think in his 8+ years Schmoke said as many stupid things (including the slogan) as O'Malley has already! And I had pretty high hopes - excepting he's a Dem.
Speaking of all this, I wish we at least had Schaeffer back!
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Wasn't some clown named Dru Burns acting mayor for part of a year? He bore similarities to Kingfish of Amos n' Andy fame.