Black leaders endorse Cardin - Mfume backers unite around the Democratic Senate nominee
Rep. Benjamin L. Cardin was endorsed by several of Baltimore's most influential black politicians yesterday -- officials who had backed his rival in the Democratic primary for Senate -- during an event designed to communicate his embrace by the city's African-American leaders. But one key figure was missing: former NAACP chief Kweisi Mfume, whom Cardin defeated in Tuesday's contest. "We'll be together very shortly," Cardin said after the midday rally in front of City Hall, referring to Mfume. "He would've been here today but for a scheduling conflict."That photograph of Cardin and Mfume -- the two of them locking arms and smiling...
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British ex-leader addresses Phila. real estate meeting
A 35-person local real estate company spent the morning yesterday discussing threats to global peace and the economy -- with John Major, the former British prime minister. It was the fourth annual meeting for Spectrum Alliance L.P., an investment fund established in 2001 by Trefoil Properties Inc., of Lansdale. Major was the second world leader hired to boost a local real estate firm this year, reflecting the impact of the global economy on local business and investing. In the spring, J. Brian O'Neill hired Mikhail Gorbachev, the former Soviet leader, to speak at a forum promoting his Rhode Island real estate ventures Hiring Major was an effort to raise Trefoil's profile among foreign investors and plug into overseas perspectives on the commercial real estate market.... [Read full article]
Local leaders make pitch to Chiefs today It may not be a game day, but a lot could be won -- or lost -- today at Arrowhead Stadium. Local leaders will meet this afternoon with Kansas City Chiefs officials, including president and general manager Carl Peterson, in an effort to persuade the NFL team to bring its annual summer training camp to Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph. Officials from the city, Buchanan County and Missouri Western have worked for more than a month to put the proposal together. They want to attract the monthlong camp, its estimated $5 million economic impact and the national prestige of being the summer home of the Chiefs. |
Ward leaders make Council choices The three vacant seats on City Council were essentially filled last night by the city's Democratic ward leaders, who met in private to nominate three of their own -- Carol Campbell, William Greenlee and Daniel Savage -- to run in the Nov. 7 special election. Although voters will still have a choice between a Republican and a Democratic candidate for each of the seats, the party's nomination is tantamount to an early election victory because of the overwhelming dominance of the Democratic Party in the city. One nominee, Campbell, has even made a round of phone calls in search of potential staff hires and has discussed... |