Thank you!!

The development process, as a whole, is a tax. Time has monetary value, as do interest payments on bank loans.

We should make that simpler along with the zoning code, but the neighborhood associations typically object to one thing or another, which, on its own wouldn't kill reform, but combined prevent a councilmanic majority from forming.

There is only so much you can do as a local government that governs only 580k out of the over 2 million people in the metropolitan area, unfortunately.

If you don't perform basic services, then people will leave because of that - before you get into any redistribution.

In the City of Baltimore, a used car dealer may choose to operate on Sunday and not Saturday if it notifies the Motor Vehicle Administration in advance of its intention.

I broke this law at each and every camera and nothing happened.

My mom borrowed my car for a few days last summer. Let me just say, they're real.

Equality for me, not for thee!

People should be more offended that beauty pageants still exist in 2023.

> A lot of black people in baltimore are prejudiced towards non blacks.

Human condition, unfortunately.

All in all, my biggest takeaway is that she sounds like a terrific person who values service. We need more like her, as well as to recognize more people with such a spirit!

Glad to see her be recognized. :)

My experience has been that residents of the USA often like to simplify and "cartoonize" things.

As you said, there is a ton of diversity across the Americas, ranging from indigenous peoples to the descendants of European immigrants, not to mention more recent immigrants (from around the world), people with mixed heritages, etc.

It's nuanced, and country of origin does not tell the whole story, obviously. Just like here in the US.

Lol most people in DC don't know how to give directions!

Historically Black Colleges and Universities are open to all, right?

Did you leave the crypt long enough to ever go to a homecoming or something like that?

Neither of these neighborhoods want this, which is a huge issue.

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Happy Cake Day! 🎂

A lot of government turnaround because of political officials meddling. Look at Baltimore City DOT--practically all of the upper management quit within the last year and I'd imagine it's because weasels like Councilman Costello intervene and won't let them do their jobs. I imagine that is common across all departments. Beyond that, city technology is flawed and outdated. Even when neighborhoods were getting weekly recycling pick up, not *all* neighborhoods actually were. I agree, it's super frustrating that we pay such high property taxes for a city that doesn't seem to a) make progress and b) deliver the bare minimum. But, I'm not sure it's new. Look at Nick Mosby, he swindled money that could've gone to Public Works prior to entering office to instead make new positions for his office so his friends could get a nice paycheck.

People really need to look at the Mayor and City Council. If Mayor Scott had more of a backbone, he'd stop councilmembers from meddling or sternly deliver promises he made when he entered office. Instead its more of the same political gesturing over and over. I mean, the City Council was able to quite quickly work out new pension schedules for their benefit, but any other progress within the city's control seems to span political administrations...

Aha! Problem goes the the top. It's a shame that the laws don't close the gap and force accountability when it comes to people who are supposed to be working for the public regardless of who that person or persons may be

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I got lunch from Akbar a couple of weeks ago and they did not have buffet.

So the price of labor is going up? I didn't realize that. I just thought there were vacancies, not that they couldn't afford to have a full staff.

i treat my mom to breakfast usually saturday mornings when i get back into our home area after work. she always wants the croissant with egg sans cheese and medium hash browns. they have always been on point. when my sister is in town the same and now she has a baby who just turned 2 and that girl LOVES fries & hash browns lol so it's a every week saturday morning thing when they are in town.

Thank you for your tremendous insight.

$18 does not seem expensive for an all you can eat buffet. For comparison, Fogo de Chão lunch basic buffet is $15, but goes to $23 if you want chicken, and $27 for lamb. I think the weekend brunch at Ambassador Dining Room is around $22 now. A Denny’s Grand Slam (mostly just flour-based pancakes and garbage breakfast meats) is around $11-12 these days, and they have the advantage of scale and buying in bulk.

Can’t comment on the quality aspect.

Lumbini is not currently doing a buffet, neither are Akbar nor Kumari nor Indigma.

I think in general, it’s kind of hard for places to run buffet right now, in part because there’s generally less volume coming through for lunch.

For reference prices, all serve Chicken Tikka Masala as a dinner item, with prices ranging from $17 (Kumari, Akbar), $18 (Himalaya House, Indigma), $19 (Lumbini). Perhaps a decent proxy indicator of hypothetical buffet prices, although this of course makes some assumptions about quantity and quality of each of these Chicken Tikka offerings.

Sakoon is a bit farther away, and it’s kind of “fusion”, but at least from recent reviews they appear to have a buffet, and it may be around $14? I’ve been meaning to go there for a while but haven’t made it yet.

Incidentally, their Chicken Tikka Masala is $18..🤔