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2018-09-16 -Land of the Free

Camera catches Baltimore mayor’s surprise & disgust as she tours her own city: ‘You can smell the rats’

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Posted by Fred 2018-09-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top

#1 And that was only a tour down the hall from her Office at City Hall.
Or perhaps an impromptu attempt to purchase a can of Coke from the drink machine in the Lounge at the local Police Station.

Posted by Bubba Spomose6236 2018-09-16 01:53|| 2018-09-16 01:53|| Front Page Top

#2 "Whew, Jesus. Oh, my God, you can smell the dead animals,"

Given the venue, it could be dead people.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-09-16 03:06|| 2018-09-16 03:06|| Front Page Top

#3 "What the hell? We should just take all this sh*t down," Pugh is heard saying in the clip...

Broken clock rule applies. Please send for the D9 before she changes her mind.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-09-16 03:12|| 2018-09-16 03:12|| Front Page Top

#4 In keeping with the Google mindset, Ah'm assuming the video has been pulled from youtube already.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-09-16 05:07|| 2018-09-16 05:07|| Front Page Top

#5 Looks like. Obvious searches yield one very-low-view "screener."

"Historical houses, adieu!"
How come? "Cuz you stink," sez la Pugh,
"Like your resident rats
And my hesitant cats,"
To developers yelling "Woo-hoo!"

Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2018-09-16 06:11|| 2018-09-16 06:11|| Front Page Top

#6 The Wire appears to have been a documentary

Posted by Frank G 2018-09-16 08:46|| 2018-09-16 08:46|| Front Page Top

#7 At least she knows what rats smell like. That's a must in her line of work.

Posted by jpal 2018-09-16 09:07|| 2018-09-16 09:07|| Front Page Top

#8 The Donks have run Baltimore for how many years?

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-09-16 09:49|| 2018-09-16 09:49|| Front Page Top

#9 Since 1967

Posted by Frank G 2018-09-16 10:28|| 2018-09-16 10:28|| Front Page Top

#10 s/derogatory/candid/

Posted by KBK 2018-09-16 13:21|| 2018-09-16 13:21|| Front Page Top

#11 The voters get what they vote for.

Posted by DarthVader 2018-09-16 13:28|| 2018-09-16 13:28|| Front Page Top

#12 I can remember the days down there with no air conditioners. Roaches were bad enough. Rats?, that's a story for Hollywood.

Posted by Dale 2018-09-16 13:48|| 2018-09-16 13:48|| Front Page Top

#13 "Um, Madam Mayor, we're still in the car."

Posted by Anomalous Sources 2018-09-16 17:37|| 2018-09-16 17:37|| Front Page Top

#14 The rats help out with the high cost of meat. See, every cloud has a silver lining. :)

Posted by Alaska Paul 2018-09-16 22:44|| 2018-09-16 22:44|| Front Page Top

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