That’s not supposed to happen. An activist in the fight against the incinerator wonders if the new equipment is working – and if the state will take any action.

Karl Racine, who resigned under pressure last year as federal monitor of the Cleveland Police Department, was selected by the mayor and by a former subordinate at Venable LLP, Ebony Thompson.

The city had the second-lowest participation rate in Maryland. One of several takeaways from a look at the election returns for key area races.

Karl Racine, along with the accounting firm Baker Tilly, will review the MONSE program that Baltimore Inspector General Cumming was probing when her access to records was curtailed.