NEWS
December 31, 2013
Brian Griffiths had the temerity to ask if a swimmer is a hero. Red Maryland endorsed Mike Pantelides in Annapolis. Texas Governor Rick Perry comes to Maryland, and Change Maryland 's Larry Hogan joins us to discuss the visit. Convicted former Anne Arundel County Councilman Daryl Jones returns. A parent is arrested at a Common Core forum for daring to question the wisdom of implementing this regime.
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By Pamela Wood, The Baltimore Sun | May 7, 2014
An Annapolis woman has been charged with witness intimidation related to an attempted murder case involving the mayor's cousin. Stacie E. Roberts, 33, was charged Tuesday with threatening to harm a witness, soliciting someone to harm a witness and obstructing justice, according to charging documents. Anne Arundel Police said in charging documents that a confidential informant was contacted by Roberts, who wanted to harm a witness in the case against Savvas Pantelides. Roberts is Pantelides' girlfriend, police said.
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By Pamela Wood, The Baltimore Sun | November 8, 2013
After elections officials spent more than 24 hours reviewing and counting absentee and provisional ballots, Republican newcomer Mike Pantelides was named winner of the Annapolis mayoral election Friday night. Going into the count of provisional ballots Friday, Pantelides held onto a 50-vote lead over incumbent Democratic Mayor Josh Cohen. When the 65 provisional ballots were run through a scanner as an anxious crowd watched, 37 were for Pantelides and 28 were for Cohen, making Pantelides the winner by 59 votes out of nearly 8,000 cast.
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By Pamela Wood, The Baltimore Sun | August 13, 2013
Four men and one woman are vying for perhaps the trickiest job in Annapolis: mayor. The state's capital has been buzzing in recent months over proposals to adopt a new plan to guide future development at City Dock and to rezone key waterfront properties downtown. Meanwhile, residents have raised concerns about a major development proposed for the edge of town, and the city is still recovering from the economic downturn. “Much of these last four years, I've been trying to fix a lot of things that weren't right,” said Mayor Josh Cohen, a Democrat who is seeking re-election.
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By Pamela Wood, The Baltimore Sun | November 19, 2013
Annapolis Alderman Ross Arnett made a proposal last weekend that made waves from the capital city across the country: to change the city's form of government to give the mayor less power. Many conservatives - including radio host Rush Limbaugh - criticized Arnett's proposal as a cheap shot from a Democrat trying to steal power from the Republican mayor-elect, Mike Pantelides. Arnett said that he has been badly misunderstood and that he has supported this idea for years, even during the terms of the past two Democratic mayors.
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By Pamela Wood, The Baltimore Sun | December 2, 2013
Minutes after being sworn in as the new mayor of Annapolis on Monday, Mike Pantelides vowed to be a watchdog on city finances, and also to work on issues facing the state capital from crime to a sluggish business climate. In his inauguration speech at Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Pantelides offered few specifics on those broad issues, but did promise to hold open sessions once a month to listen to concerns of Annapolis residents, and repeated a refrain from his campaign, that "God gave us two ears and one mouth for a reason" - saying people should spend twice as much time listening as talking.