Baltimore Businesses Strike Back at Leftist Madness, Threaten to Withhold Taxes Until City Ups Police Presence
Samantha Chang, The Western Journal By Samantha Chang, The Western Journal
Published June 10, 2021 at 6:57am
Business owners in the Fells Point neighborhood of Baltimore sent a scathing letter to the city’s Democratic leaders threatening to withhold taxes unless the lawmakers “empower police” to do their jobs amid a terrifying crime wave.
The 37 restaurant and store owners in the historic waterfront district said they “have reached their breaking point” with the rampant lawlessness unleashed by the recent police pullbacks amid the left’s “defund the police” frenzy.
“What is happening in our front yard — the chaos and lawlessness that escalated this weekend into another night of tragic, unspeakable gun violence — has been going on for far too long,” the group wrote Tuesday.
The small businesses said their city has become more dangerous, dirtier and more chaotic because “our elected leaders have closed their eyes and ears and turned their backs on our community.”
“We are fed up and frustrated, and we now realize that nothing will change unless we demand action,” they wrote.
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