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A second-story deck that collapsed Thursday night at a Hunt Valley house, injuring four people, was built without a Baltimore County permit, county licensing officials said.The deck collapsed about 9: 45 p.m. in the 13000 block of Jerome Jay Drive. Donald Parks, 56, was taken to Maryland Shock Trauma Center, said county police spokeswoman Cpl. Vickie Warehime. He suffered back injuries and was released yesterday morning.His wife, Kendra Parks, 56, was treated for leg lacerations and released.

A historically protected 19th century house in the Green Spring Valley was razed yesterday after Baltimore County officials mistakenly issued a demolition permit without conducting a required public hearing, the county's chief building engineer said.The demolition of the protected building -- known as the Carlisle Tenant House or the Maryvale Sisters' House -- could lead to civil or criminal penalties, said John R. Reisinger, the county's building engineer. The building "isn't something you just tear down," Reisinger said.

Baltimore's next mayor will not be getting a five-year term as some City Council members had proposed.The council voted 9-6, with three members abstaining and one absent, late Thursday night to defeat a plan to move city elections to coincide with the presidential vote.Northeast Baltimore Councilman Robert Curran said the proposal could save $4 million while doubling city voter turnout and drawing more candidates. Council members unwilling to be pushed to the bottom of a ballot topped with presidential races disagreed, pointing to everything from possible blizzards to holiday plans.

Dozens of residents and elected officials bitterly criticized the operators of Baltimore's Hawkins Point medical waste incinerator last night for their plans to receive waste from anywhere in the country and, in the process, nearly double the amount of refuse they burn.A City Council bill introduced last month would allow the incinerator, for the first time, to receive medical waste from outside Maryland.The bill is sponsored by all three council members from the 6th District -- Melvin Stukes, Dr. Norman A. Handy Sr. and Edward L. Reisinger -- where the incinerator is situated.

Four years ago, the 6th District had just been redistricted from majority white to majority black. A team of white City Council incumbents fought a turf war with three black political neophytes in a district that never had elected a black council member.But in this year's battle by nine candidates for top spots in the Sept. 12 Democratic primary, there is little controversy, a relatively small number of candidates are campaigning extensively but not intensively, and no one is blatantly playing the race card.

The Sixth District extends from Curtis Bay to Edmondson Village. It includes some of the city's poorest neighborhoods. Alienation runs so deep that people in Brooklyn make no secret of their desire to secede and join Anne Arundel County.A district like this needs quality representation. Alas, this Southwest Baltimore district was long known as the "Silent Sixth" because its councilmen seldom opened their mouths.This year's election gives residents of the Sixth a chance to upgrade their representation.

On Election Day, Republican Joseph Brown Jr. hopes to bust up a half-century of Democratic control on the Baltimore City Council.With support from statewide Republicans and more money to spend in the last week of the campaign than any of his bTC opponents, Mr. Brown's dive into Baltimore politics has created a ruckus in the 6th District, which covers South and Southwest Baltimore.Since no Republican has served on the City Council for 53 years, the general election is usually a sleepy time in Baltimore, where political jostling is reserved for Democrats fighting among themselves before the primary election in September.

Bungee jumping buffs have a message for two Anne Arundel County lawmakers who want to ban their sport: Take a flying leap."It's ridiculous. It infringes on our constitutional rights. They can't tell us we can't jump," said Dan Reisinger, a bungee enthusiast and co-owner of Vertical Venture, a Pennsylvania-based company that wants to open a bungee center in Ocean City this summer.Mr. Reisinger said he and other buffs will trek to Annapolis next month to fight the proposed ban. "You can tell [those lawmakers]

The old team spirit was back at the Stonewall Democratic Club last night as the three feuding 6th District councilmen put on a show of unity, handing out plaudits and encouragement to each other.Councilmen Joseph J. DiBlasi and Edward L. Reisinger had been openly feuding with Councilman Timothy D. Murphy since last March and the two campaigned this summer without Murphy.But last night, before the club voted to endorse the trio for re-election, they had nothing but good things to say about each other.

Councilman Timothy D. Murphy is not running on the sam ticket with the two other incumbents in the 6th District race.Murphy, who got more votes than any of the candidates in the past two 6th District races, is campaigning alone and won't say why he turned down an offer to run with Councilmen Joseph J. DiBlasi and Edward L. Reisinger.Meanwhile, DiBlasi and Reisinger have formed their own ticket and say they don't miss Murphy."We're not telling people not to vote for Murphy or anything. We're just not mentioning his name when we campaign," says DiBlasi.

The four members of Girl Scout Troop 913 in Anne Arundel County have washed cars and appealed to local businesses to raise money. They've baked cookies and, of course, sold them. And now the efforts of the girls - all high school juniors - have culminated in the groundbreaking of a new building for a Crownsville drug treatment center. Over the past four years, the troop has worked to raise close to $100,000 in funding and in-kind donations to construct a thrift store and job training center on the grounds of the Chrysalis House, a drug treatment center for women.

Mayor Sheila Dixon plans to announce today that the city is spending $150,000 to design and build a dog park in Latrobe Park, a grassy field wedged between Fort Avenue and Interstate 95 in Locust Point. The site for the new park is already a destination for dog owners from nearby neighborhoods, many of whom have been clamoring for a fenced-in area to exercise their pets. "You have a lot of young professional people moving in who don't have children," said City Councilman Edward L. Reisinger, who represents the area.

Three members of the Baltimore City Council yesterday agreed to sign a boycott commitment against a downtown hotel that has been involved in a long-standing battle with the union representing its employees. City Council Vice President Edward L. Reisinger and city Councilmen Bill Henry and William H. Cole IV were expected to sign boycott pledge cards against the Sheraton Baltimore City Center because of the labor dispute. This month marked two years that doormen, housekeepers and other staff have worked without a contract, according to United Here.

Barbs are flying in the 10th District City Council race where three candidates are criticizing incumbent Edward L. Reisinger's relationship with area business owners. "The incumbent claims to be there for the people," said Terry F. Hickey, one of the Democrats campaigning for the South Baltimore seat in the Sept. 11 primary election. "What I see him doing is creating a rift and slowing the process of real conversation between community and developers. He obviously has close ties to developers, builders and fund raising companies."

In the back of the Morrell Park bar owned by City Council member Edward L. Reisinger and his family are four video gambling machines. The machines, not surprisingly, have names commonly associated with slot machines. There are two "cherry masters," one "fruit bonus" and one "draw poker" machine. Last week, the City Council reached a breathtaking ethical low point when its Land Use and Transportation Committee - chaired by Reisinger - voted to send a bill to the full council that would increase the number of these illegal gambling machines allowed in the Reisingers' Good Times Tavern and hundreds of other Baltimore businesses.

A City Council committee is expected to vote today on a bill that would allow Baltimore bars and restaurants to increase - in some cases to double - the number of video poker machines and other amusement devices they operate. The bill also would eliminate the rights of neighbors to protest the addition of the devices, some of which have been linked to illegal gambling. If the committee approves the measure, it will move to the full council. The bill was introduced last year at the request of the Baltimore Licensed Beverage Association, and is under consideration by the Land Use and Transportation Committee, which is chaired by Councilman Edward L. Reisinger.

John C. Reisinger, who ran a business renovating and renting rowhouses in East Baltimore, died of a massive stroke Sept. 25 at Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Canton resident was 89. Mr. Reisinger was born and raised on North Streeper Street. He was a ubiquitous presence in East Baltimore, where he roamed the streets in his sports car, always sporting baseball or other caps and chewing a toothpick. He left school after eighth grade and went to work at a local pajama factory. He worked as a cutter at the factory and an ironworker at the old Rustless Iron & Steel Co. in East Baltimore.

On September 25, 2006, JOHN CARL REISINGER beloved husband of Rose Reisinger (nee Rapazzo) loving father of Virginia Deardorff and John S. Reisinger, cherished grandfather of Philip and Julie Deardorff, Kimberly Edwards and Christopher Reisinger, devoted brother of Freida Domm and the late Evelyn Houston. The family will receive friends at the family owned David J. Weber Funeral Homes, P.A., 401 S. Chester St. on Saturday from 1 to 4 P.M. Memorial service will be held at 4 P.M. PLEASE OMIT FLOWERS.

A waterfront developer who defied a city order to stop work on million-dollar homes that violated height restrictions should pay the price, city leaders and community residents said yesterday. City Councilman Edward L. Reisinger, who represents South Baltimore, where HarborView developer Richard Swirnow is building, said yesterday that the developer shouldn't get away with building the first 30 townhouses too tall or with ignoring the city's stop-work order for two days last week. Swirnow is building an exclusive cluster of 88 townhouses on piers that jut into the Inner Harbor.

On January 8, 2006, A. VERA ROBERTSON beloved wife of Walter J. Robertson, devoted mother of A. Alan Reisinger III, M. D. and his wife Rachelle, step-mother of Robin Quackenbush, grandmother of Jamie Antoinette, Anthony Joseph and Eric Alan Resisinger and Valerie Alexis Quackenbush. Family will receive friends Monday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. at HARRY H. WITZKE'S FAMILY FUNERAL HOME INC., 4112 Old Columbia Pike, Ellicott City, where a prayer service will be held Monday 8 P.M. A Graveside Service will be held Tuesday 11 A.M. at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens, with entombment to follow.