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(PIKESVILLE – June 22, 2026) – First, thanks to Doni Glover for BMORENews. We’ve been friends and colleagues for nearly 30 years. Today, I’m pleased to enthusiastically endorse Mark Brewster for Baltimore County Council, District 3. I served in the Maryland House of Delegates for 24 years, and that district included the various communities of the new Council District 3. Mark Brewster is a lifelong Owings Mills resident who grew up, attended and graduated from Baltimore County schools, and he is starting his family there. He has spent his career serving Baltimore County residents on Capitol Hill, and he now…

(BALTIMORE – June 22, 2026) – On Saturday, I walked with my wife and our four small children to the AFRAM Festival at Druid Hill Park. Living close by, we wanted to soak up the sights and be among people we know for the 50th Anniversary of one of the largest free celebrations of Black culture on the East Coast. My wife suggested we go to let the kids run and play with our friend’s kids in the children’s area while we listened to some of the artists on stage. When we arrived, it was a beautiful sight: Black folks…

(BALTIMORE – June 21, 2026) – Donald Trump and Dalya Attar are not accused of the same crimes. They come from different political traditions. They represent different constituencies. But some of the reactions to Attar’s indictment reflect something familiar. Not Trumpism the person. Trumpism the method. Trumpism the mindset. A political culture where evidence becomes negotiable, allegations become background noise, and loyalty becomes the deciding factor. And that dynamic is now visible in Baltimore’s 41st District. The MAGA Playbook Political researchers have a name for one of Donald Trump’s most effective communication strategies. The RAND Corporation called it the “Firehose of…

(BALTIMORE – June 21, 2026) – My father, Donald Edward Glover—known to everyone as “Doc Glover”—was a highly skilled mortician and funeral director. He owned Glover’s Funeral Chapel, first located at 1701–1703 Patterson Park Avenue. That was the first place I called home. Later, we moved to 712–714 East North Avenue, between Boone and Homewood, where I lived until about 1974, before returning to my mother’s home at 1526 Moreland Avenue in West Baltimore. Doc Glover was a tough man, but he loved his family deeply. He went to church every Sunday—not what some would call a “holy roller,” but a…

(PIKESVILLE – June 21, 2026) – I’ve known both Izzy Patoka and Julian Jones going back to the early days of BMORENews.com. I’ve shot hoops with Izzy. I’ve worked on just about every campaign Julian has ever run, including his very first. I know these men—not just their slogans. And I’ll be honest: there is no way I can trust Izzy Patoka to treat my community in northwest Baltimore County fairly. I see it already. Under his leadership, we will get what he deems “adequate.” Sure, a handful of Black folks will get favor, titles, contracts, photo ops. But if…

(BALTIMORE – June 18, 2-26) – Baltimore City’s Small and Minority Business Development office (SMBAD) certified $137 million in payments to local small, minority, and women-owned businesses in Fiscal Year 2025 — a dramatic jump from the approximately $26–27 million captured the year prior in FY24. Chris Lundy, speaking on the milestone, was careful to note that the gap between those two numbers isn’t purely a reflection of growth. “We didn’t have the system in place,” he explained, “so there was definitely money that we were leaving on the table that we weren’t able to capture.” Now that the city…