Wasn't me!! I always turn myself in, just like the union says to!!

I'd like to know what these city employee do for the city and what the warrants they were arrested for are.

This is a nice initiative. Now can we check city council member addresses with the property tax rolls?

That's a start. So now why don't they roll out the same initiatives in Washington District of Criminals.... Because it would shut down and clear out the down the whole town!

I guess for those people who already have records cant find jobs because u have to get the record while u r currently working for the city i guess that makes a lot of sense.

Second Paul's motion. It's a matter of public record, and I as a member of the public want to know what sort of people are supposedly running the city (into the ground)

I'd like to see the public information available regarding the homes city councilpeople own as well as any homes owned by their spouses, which public schools their kids attend and any homeowners tax credit options they take where they list the home as their primary residence. You would think with 14 council seats and one council president the Baltimore Sun could set loose one of their unpaid summer interns on this little project.

From the surface, this sounds like a fantastic initiative.

It's funny though that in the "open and honest government" that they're trying to create, no further information could be released regarding the arrested officials or their departments:

From story:
"The names of the employees and their offenses, the agencies for which they worked and the time and place of arrests were not immediately available."

Hopefully, more information becomes available soon. Nice article.

I wonder how many people making comments actually live in Baltimore City!

Give us time people, we're getting the info together to release to the public. There are some legalities involved. I notice that none of you post your full names here. Talk about transparency. Really.

If that's really you, SRB, then you should know there's a distinction between the integrity of someone who writes an op-ed piece and someone who posts on a message board. On a message board, a real name makes no difference. In an op-ed piece, credibility and publication-worthiness depend on there being a real name in the byline. There's a difference, legally.

I am so glad she is cleaning this City up.

How many are outstanding for NOT SO serious offenses?

Sadly too many idiots on msg boards to use real names. I just recently had to stop using a board because an idiot focused in on my posts and started harassing me. I rarely use boards now that require a log in for info. I think the Sun is the only one I haven't deleted....yet! I got rid of Oprah so you know I'm fed up with ppl taking my words out of context!

"an idiot focused in on my posts and started harassing me."

They are called cyberstalkers and the BS has a few lurking in the shadows waiting to slime slur and insult at will. The BS must start to clean up its cyberstalkers too.

Is it cheaper to keep them on the city payroll or put them in jail?