Mayor Scott has Missed Nearly Half of this Year’s Board of Estimates Meetings

It happened again yesterday: Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott skipped a meeting of the Board of Estimates.

It was his third absence since mid-May and his sixth for the year. The absence brings his attendance record so far in 2023 to a little above the 50% mark.

When Scott became mayor, the powerful spending board met once a week to approve multi-million-dollar contracts, certify personnel changes, and ratify deals with developers and others.

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