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By Nicole Fuller, The Baltimore Sun | October 27, 2010
Former Baltimore Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke will chair a new advisory committee tasked with redeveloping Annapolis City Dock, city officials announced Wednesday. The City Dock Advisory Committee will put together a proposal for the city on redeveloping its signature public space — a major attraction for tourists and home to boating and sailing activities that attract visitors annually — with the goal of submitting a plan to the city council by fall 2011. The 25-member committee, which will examine issues related to economic development, transportation and the overall geographic layout, consists of people from a wide range of civic life, including residents, business owners and those involved in the maritime industry.
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By Paul West, The Baltimore Sun | June 1, 2010
At 60, and a decade removed from Baltimore City Hall, Kurt L. Schmoke is busy reinventing himself. The former mayor is piling new projects on top of a full-time job as dean of Howard University Law School and sinking roots in the Annapolis area, his new home. "As my wife says, I haven't abandoned Baltimore, I've embraced Maryland," Schmoke said, with a rolling laugh, during a recent interview at his campus office. He's also emerging as something of a power broker in Barack Obama's Washington — though not in the way some might have expected.
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By Annie Linskey and Julie Bykowicz and Annie Linskey and Julie Bykowicz,annie.linskey@baltsun.com and Julie.Bykowicz@baltsun.com | November 19, 2009
Jurors are set to hear closing arguments today in the criminal theft trial of Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon - without ever having heard from Dixon herself. The panel of nine women and three men will then begin deliberating the case against the mayor, who is accused of spending gift cards intended for needy families on herself and her aides. Dixon seemed confident when she spoke briefly with reporters after court Wednesday, though she replied, "No comment," to most questions.
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By Edward Gunts | July 7, 2009
The push for intense development along the water's edge can be traced largely to the administrations of Kurt L. Schmoke and Martin O'Malley, who recognized the water's ability to draw businesses of all kinds. From the 1960s to the 1990s, the city had strong restrictions on waterfront development. Its master plan called for low- and mid-rise buildings close to the water and taller buildings several blocks inland, a strategy that limited the amount of new construction along the water's edge.
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By LAURA VOZZELLA | February 25, 2009
Barack Obama gave the nation's governors a stimulus they couldn't resist: Earth Wind & Fire. The R&B act, entertaining the National Governors Association on Sunday after Obama's first formal White House dinner, had even the stodgiest state executives asserting: Yes, we can dance. "The day before ... we were wondering who the music was going to be," Maryland first lady Katie O'Malley said. "And when they said 'Earth Wind & Fire,' I said, 'Oh my God. We're not going to be able to sit at our tables.
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By LAURA VOZZELLA and LAURA VOZZELLA,laura.vizzella@baltsun.com | January 7, 2009
In the middle of a soggy Washington spectacle, there stood Kurt Schmoke, steady legal hand and umbrella-holder. The former Baltimore mayor and current Howard University Law School dean is part of the legal team representing Roland Burris, the man who claims to be Illinois' junior senator but has so far failed to convince the secretary of the Senate, who rejected his credentials yesterday. Having not been seated, Burris opted to stand - in front of reporters, outside the Capitol, in the rain.