“We don’t want any media here,” AFSCME Local 44 President Dorothy Bryant said after The Brew came to hear workers demand better representation by the union.

Turns out that Mayor Scott’s ex-campaign manager is just exchanging jobs – from chief of staff to a high-paying, unannounced position.

Baltimore County isn’t the region’s economic engine anymore. One reason why is the grip held over local zoning decisions by individual members of the county council. [OP-ED]

Irked by an alleged threat at a City Council hearing and no word yet on a promised pay raise, Baltimore sanitation employees plan to vent their frustration at an upcoming union meeting.