City council vote fallout, B&O Railroad Museum executive director responds to vote to defund mounted unit

City council vote fallout, B&O Railroad Museum executive director responds to vote to defund mounted unit

S CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO DEFUTHE POLICE DEPARTMENT'SMOUNTED AND MARINE UNITS.

THEDIRECTOR OF THE ━AN━ORAILROAD MUSEUM ISN'T TOOHAPPY ABOUT THIS.

KRIS HOELLEN(WHOL━N) SAYS THE UNIT WASSET TO MOVE INTO ITS NHOME..A STAT━O━TH━ARTEQUESTRIAN FACILITY ON THEMUSEUMTHE BALTIMORE UNREST....ALEASE WAS NEGOTIATED TO MOVETHE UNIT TO THE STABLE TOREFLECT THE CITYINVESTING IN THE WEST SIDE.HOELLEN (WHOL━ N) SAYSDEFUNDING THE UNIT SENDS THESIGNAL THAT THE CITY COUNCILIS NO LONGER INTERESTED INWEST SIDE INVESTMENT ORIMPROVEMENT SHE ALSO SAYS THECOST SAVINGS WILL NOT WORK OUTFOR THE CITY DUE TO ITS LEASWITH THE MUSEUM.

"Even moreimportantly that stable hashad investment by the privatesector, by the state, byfoundations and we would hateto see them not want to investin the city again because thisproject did not go though."THE FACILITY WAS BUILT WITHEDUACTION CENTER IN IT.HOELLEN (WHOL━ N) SAYS SHEWAS LOOKING FORWARD TO THECHILDREN IN THE NEIGHBORHOODBONDING WITH THEPOLICE...LEARNING ABOUT EQUINESTUDIES...LAW ENFORCEMENT...AND TRANSPORTATION.THIS YEAR A LOT OF FIR