Council gives preliminary (but not final) approval for expanded grocery store parking on West North Avenue sought by developer P. David Bramble.

The city had the second-lowest participation rate in Maryland. One of several takeaways from a look at the election returns for key area races.

“Basically, I’m happy to flout the law,” Ryan Dorsey said, before voting to give developer David Bramble nearly double the number of parking spaces allowed under the law for a grocery store on North Avenue.

Dorsey says he has introduced a replacement bill and will push for its passage to reestablish the overlay district.