Baltimore's homicide total for 2020 is now up to 21. City Council President Brandon Scott said Wednesday that he wants to see more urgency from other city leaders.
At the start of the Board of Estimates meeting, Scott, who chairs the board, said the heightened violence shouldn't be overlooked as typical or acceptable.
"We have to do more," Scott said. "What we are doing is clearly not working."
Scott, also a candidate for mayor, said the solution to crime is multifaceted, and he criticized a decision to withdraw a $40,000 contract on the board agenda that would have paid some former "squeegee kids" to help clean up trash in areas around the city's reservoir.
Department of Public Works officials say the contract was withdrawn from the agenda because the issue needs to be ...
