Candidate for Maryland State Senate - District 40 in 2026 Maryland Primary Election.
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Get StartedProbate law is complicated and convoluted. As an attorney helping low-income families with probate, there are so many laws that shouldn't exist and that disproportionately harm low-income people. No one should be stopped from getting what is rightfully theirs due to unnecessary barriers. Often, these problems exist because they just hurt low-income people and nobody has bothered to fix them. Learn more
Eveyone should feel safe in their neighborhood. We need to invest in police training and violence prevention. But, I would focus on what we know works. Education and economic well-being are proven to be highly connected with lower crime rates. For long-term success along all measures, we need to focus there. We need to adequately fund our schools and support our teachers, students and parents. And, we need to disrupt systems of economic injustice, such as the tax sale, which have been destabilizing West Baltimore for generations. Learn more
I was a math teacher in the city in an under-resourced and underperforming school. The educational outcomes were very poor. And it wasn’t really the student’s fault, or the teacher’s fault or the parent’s fault. The system itself crumbles under the weight it’s given to bear. We need to support our schools more, including more funding. Learn more
Baltimore has more than 10,000 vacant buildings, concentrated in West Baltimore and other disinvested areas. They cost the city 200 million per year in lost tax revenue and direct costs. Each one is a threat to health and safety. We need to stop homes from becoming vacant and intervene sooner when they are vacant. Learn more
Ground rent is where a homeowner has to pay a relatively small fee to an investor each year. There are about 85,000 properties subject to ground rent, almost all are in and around Baltimore. Usually this is little more than a nuisance. But if you get behind on your bill, it can lead to steep fees that dwarf the original bill. If it remains unpaid, the homeowner will lose their home and all of its equity. I have a plan to eliminate ground rent. Learn more
If you don’t pay your property taxes, then the government sells your debt to a debt buyer who then gets to charge egregious levels of interest and fees. Untold millions of dollars are siphoned from the lowest-income residents in West Baltimore each year. And it’s been going on for decades now. Stopping this injustice is my highest priority once elected. Learn more
The inheritance tax is a tax on non-wealthy people who leave an inheritance to their niece, nephew, friend or unmarried partner. So, it is effectively a punishment for not having children. Besides being discriminatory, it's often arbitrary, often unenforceable and bring in very little tax revenue. Almost all other states have repealed their inheritance taxes and we should too. Learn more
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