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September 14, 2010

Awaiting Jessamy, and State's Attorney results

Across the water, at Patricia Jessamy's bash at the Baltimore Rowing Club, on the south side of the city, near Cherry Hill, about 50 people had gathered by 9 p.m., though Jessamy hadn't yet shown.

Inside the club, it was more family reunion than Bernstein's bar scene, with people of all ages talking quietly and sporting t-shirts with Jessamy's face and slogan "tough and smart on crime" emblazoned across the front and back.

Outside, on the deck overlooking the water, is clearly where the celebrating -- or commiserating, as the case may be -- will take place. Keyboards, a drum set and a large set of speakers are just waiting for the word.

Antoinette G. Lyles sits with a bunch of other women at a table in the center of the room. She lives in Baltimore County, but said she urged her city friends to vote for Jessamy, whom she's known for 20 plus years through her work with various organizations. "She's out in the community," Lyles said

Next to her, Rosemary Howell Atkinson added that she doesn't know much about Bernstein, and wasn't interested in finding out. "He wasn't worth listening to," she said.

UPDATE: The band is in full swing at Jessamy's party, which has ramped up in the past half hour as supporters await news. Jessamy's not yet in the house, but Stu Simms, her predecessor just arrived, and Assistant State's Attorney Julie Drake is hovering around the media, looking for news. Baltimore city's Board of Elections is so far reporting a close race, with 4,245 votes for Jessamy to Bernstein's 3,808. A third candidate, Sheryl A. Lansey has teken 297 votes. No word on which precincts are reporting.


-Tricia Bishop

Posted by Andy Rosen at 9:00 PM | | Comments (16)
Categories: Primaries 2010
        

Comments

"He wasn't worth listening to"...

Interesting, and not surprising, that this mirrors Jessamy's approach to her constituents. Not worth listening to.

Praying that Baltimore did the right thing tonight!

9:45 and not a single Balt City precinct reporting? That can only mean corruption to fudge Jessamy votes.

I have to agree with FedUpInBmore - and frankly, she's the kind of politician who makes me think about taking my taxes and move to the County.

Tricia Bishop's reporting is much like Ms. Jessaamy track record, ignoring facts for the sake of the status quo. If Baltimore City voters dont wake up, the city will continue to decay.

If that hippo Jessamy wins, I'm moving out of the city. Period.

Baltimore, I can't believe this.

No one should be surprised here. In a city where most black voters either have a father, a son, or a brother in prison there is simply no interest in being "tough on crime". Add in the barely concealed anti-Semitism that has been a hallmark of African-American church culture for generations and you have the recipe for Bernstein's failure. Bernstein deserves credit for putting up such a good fight.

Given the closed primary,and close vote, if Bernstein is not the victor, perhaps his supporters could mount a strong write in campaign to give voice to those of other party affiliations who wish to have a choice.

Take your taxes and go! This was a smoke and mirrors campaign...Bernstein ran a very good race, but pushed way too negative.

The use of the Dawson family in his first ad was completely egregious and a turn off. And endorsements from defense attys Billy Murphy, and Warren Brown in the eleventh hour I believe will fall flat.

People are ready to bash this city at the drop of a hat, and somehow can find no positives in living here. I'm from a much larger city (Chicago) and have lived in the county, and now the city combined for the last 11 years and love this place.

Does Baltimore have problems, ABSOLUTLEY but I argue folks with the ability to take their taxes, uproot and just leave in today's economy don't have a clue how hard it is for a lot of our fellow citizens who live here.

Good bye...I'm sure we who love this city and look forward to it thriving without you.

How can they have the results of a GUBERNATORIAL primary already with votes from all over the state yet they cannot have the results from a city states attorneys race which is only votes from baltimore city? This seems to reek of incompetence on behalf of the election board or of corruption and the consequential fixing of an election which will lead to Jessamy winning

Look, Despite the "OUTSIDERS" perspective Jessamy has done a great job in running a 200 lawyer office. They have some bright attorneys who work really hard. She is just a manager of a firm that works in a broken down court system. Bernstein if elected would manage the same 200 attorneys. The court results would not change as the witnesses and jurors are all the same. Until you get better victims that don't cahnge stories and jurors that trust the police it will be problematic.

"A great job running a 200 lawyer office?"

So let's see, a person arrested in Baltimore has a 27% chance of being CHARGED with a crime, a 10% chance of actually going to court and a 4% chance of being convicted.

Those 200 lawyers are doing a bang up job!

Fair points Ken. But the problem with Jessamy is her self-righteous dismissal of those critical of her job performance, her almost insane need to blame anyone and everyone for her department's failures, and her barely concealed contempt for non-blacks. This woman is so uncomfortable around white people its almost funny.

Ken,
Sometimes changing leadership is what it takes to jump start a company, organization, or in this case Lawyers. I'll counter what your saying by just pointing to the Orioles. Buck comes in, the team is playing with life and more importantly winning with sound baseball. It's the same players that Trembley had and was failing with. Sometimes you just need a kick in the pants to get the ball rolling. That being said, I don't know if the people in Baltimore will vote Jessamy out of office and that's a shame.

City BOE has Bernstein up by about 200 13,400 to about 13,200.

Fair enough gentlemen. When it comes to a broken down mess that is that Court system I really remain skeptical but totally understand your perspectives. I respect your points. Speaking of broken down, how about the election system in the City. 11:35 and most precincts not reporting.

Why are the results so SLOW??? What is going on?

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