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    Michael Andretti is the titular head of the “turn-key” marketing firm set to run the Baltimore Grand Prix.

    Photo by: Getty Images

    We take a hard look at the city’s contract with Race On LLC, set to be approved today by the Board of Estimates, and at the untested investors and untried marketing plan behind the race, which is rolling into Baltimore just 109 days from now.

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  • Former parks chief Chris Delaporte says City Hall needs a “public recreation ethic”

    Former parks chief Chris Delaporte says City Hall needs a “public recreation ethic” before hiring a new parks chief

    Photo by: The Park Advocate Facebook site

    Poor Recreation and Parks. Since the mid 1980s they’ve changed directors 15 times. And poor Baltimore, whose parks, pools and rec centers have fallen into decline over those years. Without a real change in mindset, writes a former parks chief from the Schaefer era, filling the job yet again will be a waste.

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    Councilmembers said they’d vote “yes” for a bottle tax to help city schools, but one man may make their position moot.

    Photo by: Fern Shen

    KIPP cheerleaders shimmied for him, their marching band played for him and speakers young and old implored him, but Carl Stokes is still bottling up the mayor’s bottle tax bill, saying there are better ways to raise funds for school repairs.

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    An aerial view of the sprawling Sparrows Point steel mill in 2007.

    Photo by: Wikimedia Commons

    Joe Rosel, president of Sparrows Point Local 9477, confirms reports in The Brew that the Baltimore County steel mill is in a liquidity crisis. Worse, the plant has lost a large number of customer orders. Some layoffs are expected to begin next week, a union memo reveals tonight.

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