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Jack Young Elected City Council President
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There's another change in leadership for Baltimore.
The Baltimore City Council elected a new council president to fill the vacancy left by Stephanie Rawlings-Blake.
Political reporter Pat Warren says Jack Young was elected Monday night.
District 12 Councilman Bernard "Jack" Young, favored to replace Stephanie Rawlings-Blake as Council President since her ascension to mayor, is known to be outspoken, but not Monday, at least not about the council president election.
"I don't really want to talk about anything until after the vote tonight and that is my day and I don't want to talk to anybody until Tuesday. Yeah, I have a lot of support," said Young.
Nine of the 14 council members have endorsed Young, who chairs two powerful committees, Budget and Appropriations and Public Safety and Health.
Young ranks with drivers like Jason Howard whose $23 ticket grew to $600 with late fees.
"My ticket was for expired tags," said Howard.
Young proposed a cap on fines for late payment.
To minimize the safety hazard of kids riding dirt bikes on city streets, he's proposed dirt bike trails.
"As well as issues, such as the water bill, where he's take a stance that will help people come up with payments, to make it possible to make payments to pay their water bills. These are things that affect everyday people, they could affect you or I," said Councilwoman Belinda Conaway. "He's probably the only council person I know that when we get e-mails from people, people outside our district, even outside of Maryland, Jack responds," said Ed Reisisnger, Council Vice President.
Young has been a member of the council for 14 years, and says he will work with Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake in the best interest of the city. In advance of the council vote, Jack Young had already decided to quit his day job as a manager with the Department of Resources, in order to avoid any possible appearances as conflict of interest.
Freshman Councilman William Cole withdrew his bid for the presidency last week.
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