The Glover Report: An interesting week of Baltimore politics

(BALTIMORE – February 27, 2021) – Old school politicians say ‘do the work.’ New school politicians instead opt to go for headlines almost daily it seems, especially in Charm City.

Old school says, if you go after the king, don’t miss! New school seems to disregard conventional wisdom and instead opts to go for broke.

What’s the point of a freshman Baltimore mayor still on his honeymoon publicly swinging on a lame-duck Republican governor with a massive approval rating in a 2-to-1 Democratic state, who fervently stood against the antics of Pres. Donald Trump, and who has even shown inklings of a presidential bid, particularly based on fuzzy math in the middle of a pandemic?

Can someone tell me how the people of Baltimore benefit by being dragged into what is being characterized somehow as racist but could be just political banter across the aisle? After all, next year there is a race for governor of Maryland – a position Baltimore Solicitor Jim Shea ran for in 2018. Right?

Who gets the vaccine first? Nursing home patients and front line workers – beginning in hospitals.

At the end of the day, people just want to get served and could care less about the politics.

In other news, Baltimore City Councilman Ryan Dorsey has been on a roll lately. He’s called out the Governor and he’s called out the FOP. Both were called racists. In fact, he called Gov. Larry Hogan a “lying racist scumbag”. The FOP, most would agree. The gov, though?

You know what’s really racist? Bike lanes! (Nuff said.)

You know what’s ridiculous, Councilman Dorsey? Messing with a delivery man working on the front lines in the middle of a pandemic. (Not good.)

Baltimore’s Black “power couple” – the Mosbys – is back in the news – if they ever left.

Baltimore State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby captured the hearts and minds of many Baltimoreans in 2015 by charging 6 officers in the death of Freddie Gray. The city had just endured its first riot in 47 years under then-Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake.

Nick Mosby, the City Council President, is clearly eyeing the mayorship – much the same way Mayor Brandon Scott was standing over then-Mayor Bernard “Jack” Young’s shoulder.

State’s Attorney Mosby invited Inspector General Isabel Cumming to investigate her. Let’s not do that ... READ IN FULL