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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