Behind the joke answers, might want to consider how humid your home is / if there are any water leaks

I think you misunderstand the motive of the above poster - I don’t think it was negative whataboutism but “let’s also do x”

I feel like every time I see this posted, it loses sight of the fact that people can already take photos and report such.

Since it would technically be used in court, wouldnt that amount to false testimony / statements? I also think this is far less of a problem then you’re thinking, considering people can already photograph and report.

Streetlight? That looks like a tree. Is that just how bad the paint/rust is that it looks like bark?

How long has it been since you last took them, the full 4 years? I would’ve suggested that primary care sometimes will just renew prescriptions if shown to be working but that would be quite the gap.

Agreed on RCV. Alaska uses that exact system but with top 4, Nevada adopted top 5 in November.

> if you're on the city council and you actually care about the city, your institutional knowledge won't be lost because you will take a job as either staff for a particular elected individual, or you will work some other role in the city government and maintain availability to answer questions and advise council members

They’ll go straight into lobbying firms and that’s who will hold the power in the city. This happens every time in every state where legislative term limits get enacted. I think executive term limits are good and healthy, but legislative don’t tend to work out well.

That kinda sorta sounds like a bribe…

Making Baltimore fully unable to operate is one of the end goals for Sinclair. The term limits referendum was just like this - ostensibly populist proposal that actually just kills institutional memory and expertise and diverts an amount of power to interest groups like Sinclair. Imagine their machine just constantly churning out recall votes every few months.

There isn’t anything inherently wrong with the idea of recall elections, but I really don’t trust Sinclair to be doing it in the public’s interest.

(Slightly unrelated: I really want to learn how to get a referendum on the ballot because I want to get ranked choice and possibly multi-member districts in Baltimore.)

I’m going to presume you aren’t just a bad faith NIMBY from the county and engage. A study and plan already exists and is widely desired by the surrounding neighborhoods (signed letters at the end of the PDF).

Agh I wish it was a little less derivative!

Reducing the width of a road, either by reducing lane width or the number of lanes.

MLK’s current design psychologically signals to drivers that it’s okay to speed on it due to the lane width, number of lanes (3-5 in some stretches), limited uses loading onto it, and the large right-of-way and setback of uses on adjoining streets (there are some stretches where a zone about the width of the road separates MLK from buildings near it). Some of those things are good for an arterial road and its flow and safety (like loading of uses), but the execution here leaves something to be desired - especially since it was built gashing a hole and severing neighborhoods like 83 and 40 do. This is all doubled by the 395 exit simply becoming the lanes of MLK rather than meeting at an intersection, meaning traffic flows seamlessly from the interstate and if it doesn’t encounter a red-light at Washington Blvd might continue at highway speeds.

It is an easy candidate for protected bike lanes and/or a tram system, and in-fill development - all of which will reduce speeds and accidents. Studies on road dieting have shown a 19-43% reduction in accidents.

I know this is about fixing the light timing for MLK, but with any mention of that road I feel obligated to say that it needs major road dieting and traffic calming. It’s in my top 3 roads that need a redesign along with I-83 and North Ave.

That makes zero sense from personal experience of seeing cars get ticketed that I’ve reported. Maybe that’s just for you.

(It would be theoretically possible though, right? Since they’re designed to be wide enough for an emergency vehicle I believe?)

Wouldn’t putting both directions of bike traffic on the same side with a two-way bike like fix all of these issues? Because I’m presuming with the cleaning you mean streetsweeping which could theoretically occur on such a lane.

Submit it to 311 on the app with pictures. It alerts DOT and they might also ticket even if they move with such evidence.

Basically like a “Pay Nothing” group but for skills? I’d be interested (although I honestly sometimes I’m not sure what to list as my skills because I’m not like a champion woodworker or anything).

For atonement do they have to bathe in the waters below Mr. Trash Wheel?

That’s super awesome and now I have a rabbit hole to explore… thanks!

As someone who likes sours, idk if I’d even call some of what they call sours “sours.” Most of the menu lists things as “sour IPA” or “sour DIPA” too.

Contract brewing? Is that paying them to brew something for you?

That’s when you walk into their cars just to fuck with them /s

I mean, you also have to then consider the counter-question: does Baltimore City need school busses? A lot of cities go without them and rely on their public transit network.

Part of why I became vegetarian decades ago. I even only ate breadless chicken to keep the illusion up as long as possible before just cutting it out too.