The first duty of government is to protect life. The second is to protect property.
Neither the rats running MD nor those ruling the USA can bring themselves to do either.
This cannot go on.
There is an odd statistic at play here.
For every decade since 1970...Baltimore has lost approximately ten-percent of its population. 1970 - almost one million residents. 2012 - 612,000 residents.
For every decade since 1960...the state of Maryland has gain around ten-percent of its population. 1960 - almost three million residents. 2014 - 5.94 million residents.
By 2030, you can figure that Baltimore will be lucky to have 480,000 residents in the city. When the discussion comes up around 2025 on replacing Oriole Park (Camden Yards)...watch for the shocker that they want to move the new stadium out to the Silver Springs region.
Baltimore has Detroit-syndrome. It’s got nothing going for it and the tax base of the city has no real positive trend except to tax the wealthy base more than ever.