Mayor Rawlings-Blake has been struggling to clarify her earlier statement nearly from the moment she uttered it.
"I did not instruct police to give space to protesters who were seeking to create violence or destruction of property," she wrote on her Facebook page the day following the statement. "Taken in context, I explained that, in giving peaceful demonstrators room to share their message, unfortunately, those who were seeking to incite violence also had space to operate."
Clearly, she was speaking about supporting the Constitutional right of free speech, and appears to have been trying to illustrate the difficulty law enforcement faced in trying to balance giving space to peaceful protester's, while at the same time denying it those who would foment riot and unrest.
The "quote" above is misstated. As spoken by Mayor Rawlings-Blake:
"It's a very delicate balancing act because while we try to make sure that they were protected from the cars and the other things that were going on, we also gave those who wished to destroy space to do that as well, and we work very hard to keep that balance and to put ourselves in the best position to de-escalate."
Mayor Sheila Dixon who has been indicted on twelve counts by the Grand Jury ranging from perjury to theft and her trial is scheduled to begin on 9 November 2009. Former Baltimore City Counsel President, Stephanie C. Rawlings-Blake, became the Mayor of Baltimore on February 4, 2010 after former mayor Sheila Dixon resigned.
As of February, 11, 2011 Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is the mayor of Baltimore. She was sworn in on 2/4/2010 when Shelia Dixon resigned after she was found guilty on one count of fraudulent misappropriation by a fiduciary regarding gift cards she used personally that were intended for the needy. Prior or Shelia Dixon, Martin O'Malley was Baltimore's mayor.
James Calhoun - mayor of Baltimore - died in 1816.
William Steuart - Mayor of Baltimore - was born in 1754.
James Calhoun - mayor of Baltimore - was born in 1743.
William Steuart - Mayor of Baltimore - died in 1838.
Stephanie A. Miner is the current mayor of Syracuse, NY.
No. Baltimore City is an independent city. Baltimore County residents vote for their own county executive.
Mayor Stephanie Miner.
Cities have mayors - counties do not.
Two terms
To date, I do not believe Tampa has yet to have a black mayor.