re. Baltimore state’s attorney Marilyn Mosby
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Within a few years, (Nick Mosby) had married his college sweetheart, Marilyn Mosby, a Baltimore assistant state’s attorney, and purchased a shell of a house in Reservoir Hill. The couple rebuilt it and are raising their daughters, ages 3 and 1, there.
Mosby launched a bid for the 11th District council seat in 2007, losing to Bill Cole, a former state delegate. He dug into community life, becoming president of the Bolton Park Neighbors, Inc. in 2008.
Chet Myers, the current president, said Mosby was instrumental in securing nonprofit status for the Bolton Park group and convincing the city to fence and provide water for a community park on Reservoir Street. Mosby also helped organize the home tour and worked with the community garden, he said.
“He’s very organized, and he’s always out there in the community,” Myers said.
Mosby positioned himself for another run for council, joining the board of the Midtown Community Benefits District and winning a seat on Baltimore’s State Democratic Central Committee.
This year, he learned that as part of Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake’s redrawing of district boundaries, Reservoir Hill was now in the 7th District. That meant he would face Conaway in the election.
Mosby says he mapped out a strategy early, tapping a close circle of relatives, friends and neighbors to become the core of his campaign. He scored a significant win in snaring the services of the influential fundraiser Colleen Martin-Lauer, who manages finances for the campaigns of Rawlings-Blake, Gov. Martin O’Malley and about half of the council.
Councilman wants Baltimore to boycott Florida after Zimmerman trial
Mosby says Florida’s stand-your-ground law encourages ‘vigilantes’
August 09, 2013
If Councilman Nick Mosby has his way, Baltimore government would boycott Florida-based businesses in protest to the state’s stand-your-ground law after George Zimmerman’s acquittal.
Mosby intends to file a resolution on Monday to encourage city agencies and investment boards to avoid doing business with companies in the Sunshine State. He hopes that would pressure the legislature there to rethink a law that allows individuals to use lethal force, if necessary, to defend themselves in public places.
The resolution also calls on city officials to avoid traveling to Florida or attending events in the state.
“Ultimately, the purpose of the legislation is to call to attention to an issue I think is very severe, and is not just a Florida issue but an American issue,” Mosby said. “I never want to see another Trayvon Martin again in my lifetime, nor do I want to see another policy that exacerbates the social issues we have in this country.”
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Mosby ran, in part, on a vow for more police accountability — the city’s police force has a well-earned reputation for excessive force. He tried to improve the relationship between the department and the folks they police.
The Freddie Gray case falls right at the nexus of those issues.
I’m still curious regarding the make/model knife Gray was carrying and the PC that addresses knife laws in the jurisdiction in which he was arrested.
And, was he a convicted felon and if so was carrying a legal knife a parole violation?
Regardless, this should go to a Grand Jury and not be influenced by a politically motivated AG