NEWS
By Tim Craig and Tim Craig,SUN STAFF | September 22, 1999
Republican mayoral candidate David F. Tufaro proposed a set of sweeping educational changes for the city's ailing public school system last night, including school vouchers and widespread drug testing for Baltimore's students.The 21-point proposal would attack a plethora of problems that have beset the city schools for years. At its base, Tufaro's plan is designed to break up the "government monopoly on public education" and force improvement through competition.Tufaro, who won the GOP nomination last week and will oppose City Councilman Martin O'Malley, a Democrat, in the November general election, plans to release three other major initiatives in the coming weeks.
NEWS
By Gerard Shields and Gerard Shields,SUN STAFF | September 17, 1999
In the tradition of great battle cries such as "Remember the Alamo," Republican mayoral candidate David F. Tufaro has come up with his own inspiring slogan in the struggle to defeat Democratic opponent Martin O'Malley:"Jersey City."Tufaro, the 52-year-old Roland Park Republican, points to Jersey City Mayor Bret Schundler as proof that a Republican can win in a Democratic city against overwhelming odds.Tufaro is on the Nov. 2 general election ballot facing what has been for 30 years a seemingly insurmountable electorate hurdle: Democratic voters in Baltimore outnumber Republicans 9-1. Yet Tufaro believes that if he can distinguish himself from O'Malley as a better businessman, voters will take notice.
NEWS
By Gerard Shields and Gerard Shields,SUN STAFF | October 27, 1999
Republican mayoral nominee David F. Tufaro welcomed the mayor of Jersey City, N.J., to town yesterday, hoping that some of his fellow Republican's success against overwhelming Democratic odds will rub off next week.Tufaro, a Roland Park developer making his first bid for elective office, faces Democrat Martin O'Malley in the Nov. 2 general election.Bret Schundler stunned Jersey City in 1993 when he was elected mayor in a city in which Republicans are 6 percent of registered voters -- half of Baltimore's figure.
NEWS
By Peter Hermann and Peter Hermann,SUN STAFF | October 12, 1999
Republican mayoral candidate David F. Tufaro plans to outline his proposal today for reducing Baltimore's stubborn crime rate, calling for swift punishment for people caught with guns and giving community groups a say in which nuisance crimes should be targeted by police.His 19-page document addresses dozens of city ills and possible solutions -- from reducing the number of desk-bound officers and moving them to the street, to using a civilian review board to deal with police misconduct.Early in his campaign, Tufaro, a Roland Park developer, acknowledged knowing little about police aside from what he had learned in casual conversations with patrol officers.
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By Tom Pelton and Tom Pelton,SUN STAFF | October 18, 1999
The development company run by David F. Tufaro, Baltimore's Republican candidate for mayor, received notices of violation in 1995 for failing to obey fire codes in the construction of three apartment complexes in the Richmond, Va., area, one of which was substantially damaged in a fire that year.According to reports from fire departments in Virginia, the code violations were discovered during a rare regional investigation prompted by the blaze at Old Buckingham Station Apartments in Midlothian.
NEWS
By Gerard Shields and Gerard Shields,SUN STAFF | July 1, 1999
A Roland Park apartment developer became Baltimore's 11th mayoral candidate yesterday, this time on the Republican ticket.David F. Tufaro, 52, is the executive vice president of Summit Properties, which has developed apartment complexes throughout the city.The Yale University graduate and former Piper & Marbury attorney will make his first political bid in a city where registered Democrats outnumber registered Republicans 9-to-1.Announcing his candidacy outside the Northern District police station yesterday, the married father of three who has been active in Roland Park civic groups said he would no longer stand by and watch the city deteriorate.