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September 26, 2010

County executive banner pops up in city limits

Baltimore's Bolton Hill is home to many politically active families, so it's no surprise to see candidate placards propped in windows and staked in tiny front lawns.

But one for Baltimore County executive?

Though city residents may do a double take when spotting Kevin Kamenetz's distinctive purple-and-yellow sign on a home in downtown Baltimore, there's an easy explanation: His brother lives there.

In May, The Sun wrote about the renovated Bolton Hill home of Darma and Greg Kamenetz. They owned the property for years but, after a fire, renovated it and moved in.

Greg Kamenetz is managing partner of a real estate development company and owner of a property management company. Kevin Kamenetz, a Democratic county council member, faces Republican Ken Holt in the Nov. 2 county executive election.

Posted by Julie Bykowicz at 11:12 AM | Permalink | Comments (4)
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That banner has been there at least for a month, maybe more, I walk by that sign every day. It upsets me because I think of the negative campaign Kamenetz ran in the primary, typical politics I guess. Ask Greg Kamenetz to sell that gas wasting SUV thats always parked on the side of his house. I thought the Greg Kamenetz would be as liberal as his brother.

Posted by: Lester | September 26, 2010 1:11 PM

Kamenetz is a sleezy rat !!!

Posted by: Jim F | September 26, 2010 2:21 PM

we in the county where hoping maybe KK would be setting his sights in the city - RATS.

Posted by: blackbeltshopper | September 26, 2010 7:29 PM

As a lifelong city resident, it made sense for me to campaign for Joe Bartenfelder, a gentleman (in the true sense of the word) who for the past three decades has spent Saturdays and Sundays selling his produce at farmers markets in Baltimore City. Combined with his 16 years on the Baltimore County Council, he has a terrific understanding of the complex city-county relationship and ways to share our strengths. Baltimore County residents weren't the only losers in maybe the most uncivil campaign in Maryland history. Thanks, Joe, for your class and dignity.

Posted by: Donna Beth Joy Shapiro | September 27, 2010 12:03 PM

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Annie Linskey covers state politics and government for The Baltimore Sun. Previously, as a City Hall reporter, she wrote about the corruption trial of Mayor Sheila Dixon and kept a close eye on city spending. Originally from Connecticut, Annie has also lived in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, where she reported on war crimes tribunals and landmines. She lives in Canton.

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