Baltimore Brew

Yes, that milky-white substance flowing into Baltimore's Stony Run last week was pollution. But where it came from - and who's responsible - remains a mystery, @MDEnvironment says. tinyurl.com/2dswwj45

In court the city's lawyer repeatedly accused the @OIG_Baltimore of "rifling" thru city gov't records (pronouncing it that way, not the more innocuous "riffling") @isabel_cumming's atty said there's been no rifling, just "highly professional" watchdog work tinyurl.com/mryh5b3w

Baltimore's IG must be stopped from "rifling" through city gov't records, the Scott administration's lawyers declared yesterday. tinyurl.com/mryh5b3w There's been no rifling, @isabel_cumming's attorney said. "That's simply not the case." Judge White appeared skeptical too.

Saying she’s “obsessed” with Inspector General independence, judge hears @MayorBMScott administration’s arguments for curtailing it. tinyurl.com/mryh5b3w

Davis said he worked w/ the Council on the charter amendment that placed the OIG as an independent agency with the authority to enforce subpoenas in any court. 3/3 tinyurl.com/426ha27d More than a personality clash or political spat - what's at stake for the watchdog office.

“The OIG operated with the full understanding that whatever access to digital information from any source whatsoever within City government was to be provided directly to the Office of Inspector General," frmr city solicitor Davis said in an affidavit tinyurl.com/426ha27d 2/3

W/ @MayorBMScott's Law Dept about to argue in court today that the MPIA sharply restricts the IG's access to city records, Andre Davis says, when he ran it, the Dept "wd have done absolutely everything within its authority to rebut such an assertion." tinyurl.com/426ha27d 1/3

Former Baltimore City Solicitor Andre Davis skewers the law department’s assertion it can restrict the Inspector General's access to records. tinyurl.com/426ha27d Davis' 30 years as a state and federal judge add heft to @isabel_cumming's case - moving to open court tomorrow.

VIDEO: A 2nd emissions sighting at the York Rd crematorium in Baltimore, which appears to have violated its permit not just once, but TWICE in the 1st month. youtu.be/tuCR9Tor8uk?si… The 2nd incident occurred after @MDEnvironment had made two site inspections in the previous week

.@StateSenMaryW calls out @MDEnvironment after a 2nd crematorium emission incidents and discovery that the state allowed a N. Baltimore facility to begin incineration operations without stack and opacity tests. tinyurl.com/yn6aphps Opponents: "The scenario we warned about."

Milky-white discharge - a possible sewage leak - is flowing into Stony Run today. tinyurl.com/ma3b4wts Alerted by @BaltimoreBrew, @MDEnvironment is investigating. (This North Baltimore stream is a tributary of the Jones Falls and Chesapeake Bay.)

One Baltimore neighborhood’s years-long quest for help with a smelly trash pile. tinyurl.com/2db59yb7 After multiple emailed pleas to officials and 311 complaints, these Belair-Edison residents basically gave up on city government and took matters into their own hands.

There's a hearing next week in the legal battle that Baltimore’s inspector general never should have had to fight. tinyurl.com/5n7rd78v OP-ED recaps the @MayorBMScott v. @isabel_cumming dispute that cd cripple her office’s ability to investigate corruption in city government.

Chief of Baltimore’s wastewater division steps down following critical OIG report. tinyurl.com/yr29czrm Source describes the fired manager as a “scapegoat” for chronic issues facing the city’s sewage treatment plants.

Democratic Socialists of America across the country are having a moment - and the local chapter is hoping to catch the wave. Greater Baltimore Democratic Socialists of America is holding a pre-election campaign launch next week. tinyurl.com/yty7hb6r

Dredging of Baltimore's Lake Montebello will start soon. tinyurl.com/y4x3hwjw The oft-delayed project comes amid sustained drought and a state and federal consent decree. (City officials say the walkway around the lake will remain open.)

"It is not unusual for us to wear headlamps." So says a SE Baltimore resident who meticulously recorded 12 power outages this month in his neighborhood. BGE's incompetence, as it seeks a big rate increase, has become outrageous. tinyurl.com/32njedct

BREAKING: Chair of MD Democratic Party removes Ronald Rosenbluth from Dem Central Committee for violating party's code of conduct by threatening an elderly canvasser for a rival candidate. Incident was first reported in The Brew: tinyurl.com/mr38swcp

Media barred from Md. Democratic Party hearing over the alleged intimation of 78-yr-old Malcolm Ruff supporter by a prominent Dalya Attar backer. No decision announced on whether Ronnie Rosenbluth will be removed from his central committee position. tinyurl.com/yc482y73

Black smoke rises above the new Vaughn Greene crematory on York Road. That was not supposed to happen, according to @MDEnvironment. An activist worries that Govans neighborhood will be impacted by unwanted pollution. tinyurl.com/jpftwbxe