Author Archives: Sean Yoes

I’ve covered Annapolis for a few years now – first as a reporter and now as a commentator – and I haven’t discovered even a fraction of all the nooks and crannies inside the State House. For example, I had never been on or even noticed the sliver of an elevator tucked away behind the […]

After demolishing Bob Ehrlich last November in the General Election, Martin O’Malley officially began his second and final term as Maryland governor with his inauguration last week, the first full week of work for the 2011 version of the Maryland General Assembly. And the governor, the House and the Senate are all still staring at […]

An early morning melee at a downtown Baltimore nightclub has left two people dead including another Baltimore police officer, but this time the officer’s death was at the hands of one of their own. A phalanx of police vehicles raced to the Select Lounge nightclub on North Paca Street in the wee hours of January […]

Baltimore Police say they are “enormously concerned” about a 16-year-old girl from North Carolina visiting family in Baltimore, who has not been seen or heard from since Dec. 28. And they have requested the FBI aid in the search for the missing teen. “We have serious concerns about this case,” said Police Commissioner Frederick H. […]

The beginning of the holiday season has been filled with sadness for the family of 16-year-old Delvonte Tisdale, a teen with Baltimore roots whose mutilated body was discovered in an affluent suburb of Boston earlier this month. But exactly how he was killed remains a mystery. Police said Tisdale’s body, which could only be identified […]

I only caught the last half-hour of the first O’Malley-Ehrlich debate, televised on WJZ last week. I tuned in just as the former governor trashed the former mayor of Baltimore’s record on crime. Ehrlich blasted O’Malley on the issue of so-called illegal arrests – while he was Baltimore’s mayor – a subject that continues to […]

Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is being sued for $5 million by a former employee that claims she was forced from her job because she refused to fire a White colleague. Jennifer Coates, who is Black, served as director of council services for three Baltimore City Council presidents including Rawlings-Blake. She says she was forced to […]

With roughly a month left before we know if Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley will hold onto his seat or if his nemesis, former Gov. Robert Ehrlich, will recapture the state’s top spot, the battle keeps getting more and more raucous. This week Ehrlich went back to one of his favorite political piñatas, the Maryland Department […]

When I began working on this column my plan was to talk about a recent interview Gregg Bernstein – the man charging hard to upset current Baltimore State’s Attorney Patricia Jessamy in the Primary Election on Sept. 14 – sat down for at the AFRO. Then, I got a look at Bernstein’s first television ad, […]

Thousands of lawns across Baltimore City are anointed with campaign signs representing the aspirations of political novices and wily veterans. However, no one sign has caused more of a stir than the red and white placard of defense attorney Gregg Bernstein – who is vying to be the next Baltimore City State’s Attorney – planted […]

Veteran filmmaker Peter Allen is living the life many screenwriters dream about: his movie, “Takers” seems destined to be a bona fide 2010 summer blockbuster. The movie stars red-hot actors Idris Elba and Zoe Saldana, hip-hop superstar Tip “T.I.” Harris and controversial crooner Chris Brown, and is about a group of slick bank robbers who […]