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Storm or Shine, It’s On

Saturday is the Pigtown Festival, in the lovely part of town I live in.  I will be visiting for a beer and to check the scene.

If the weather is too bad, though, I will merely change the celebration venue to my house.  Nothing like some alcohol to enjoy a tropical storm by.

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Not So Subtle Reminders

This evening, while grabbing a quick bite to eat from the local Safeway, I was reminded of why I never shop there.  As I stood waiting in the Express lane, I was the second person behind a woman who decided that she would break her purchase out among a couple of different credit cards.  This [...]

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Pigtowner Packing Heat

One of my neighbors in Pigtown is packing heat!  After some setbacks from the Maryland State Police, one of my neighbors is now licensed to carry a handgun.  Fearing for his personal safety, Sebastian Sassi decided to file a permit.  In typical bureacratic fashion, the permit got lost until the media was contacted.
I have not [...]

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On Home Security

On the pigtownsafety list, there has been abundant conversation concerning the desire of many residents to secure their homes.  The deterrent method that has been the focus of many recent threads on the listserv has concerned installing security bars on windows.
Personally, I am a bit annoyed at this message traffic.  I understand that some of [...]

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Poor Planning by the Baltimore City Parking Authority

Last night, one of the community organizations in Pigtown, Citizens of Pigtown, held a meeting to distribute our parking permits from the Baltimore Parking Authority.  For most of the residents of Pigtown, there are two permit areas we reside in–Area B or Area 15.  I live in Area B, the area closest to M&T Bank [...]

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