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Homes of Contention

So where do the city’s elected officials live, again?

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By Edward Ericson Jr. and Van Smith

Published: March 30, 2011

Just about every election season, word circulates that this or that elected official (or candidate) does not actually live in his or her district. Most recently, City Councilwoman Belinda Conaway faced questions about the home in Randallstown—in Baltimore County—she has owned since 1997. She told WBAL-TV she and her two children live at 3210 Liberty Heights Ave., which her father, Circuit Court Clerk Frank Conaway; and brother, state Del. Frank Conaway Jr. (D-40th District) also claim as their home in election documents. Last year Council President Bernard C. “Jack” Young testily gave reporters a tour of his Madison Street house (“Do you want to see my damn underwear?”) while acknowledging that he does not live there full time, but instead often sleeps in a house around the corner. Councilwoman Rochelle “Rikki” Spector has for years acknowledged that she spends “a lot of time” at a swank Harbor View condominium she shares with her long-time companion.

The law on this is, apparently, settled. In 1998 the Maryland Court of Appeals ruled that, for the purpose of political representation, “residency” means, basically, whatever the candidate says it does—so long as the voters concur. With that in mind we visited the addresses of record of every City Council member, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, and Comptroller Joan Pratt. Here is a map of those locations, with the most recent available district lines, photos of each residence, and some basic information about each. Our source is their campaign committee filings.

 

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Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake (D)

2234 Foxbane Square

Principal residence: Yes

Assessed value: $185,000

Purchase price/date: $76,000 in 1997

Size: 1,900 square feet

Description: A Cold Spring garden condominium with parking garage beneath, up on the hill near the Waldorf School.

 

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Comptroller Joan Pratt (D)

112 E. Northern Parkway

Principal residence: Yes

Assessed value: $502,200

Purchase price/date: $179,000 in 1993

Size: 2,100 square feet on a 12,800-square-foot lot

Description: Posh, two-story detached single-family home in Bellona-Gittings, facing the traffic of Northern Parkway, just east of North Charles Street.

 

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City Council President Bernard C. “Jack” Young (D)

1506 E. Madison St.

Principal residence: Yes

Assessed value: $70,200

Purchase price/date: $14,200 in 1978

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