Bernard C. Young
Encyclopedia
Bernard C. "Jack" Young is an American politician who serves as President of the Baltimore City Council
, formerly representing District 2 and District 12 on the Baltimore City Council.
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. He has been a member of the Historic East Baltimore Community Action Council since 1995. He is on the Alcoholic and Other Drug Dependency Advisory Board at Johns Hopkins University Hospital. Finally, he is a co-founder of the Broadway Development Foundation.Young, is often viewed as a potential candidate for citywide office. He currently chairs the Budget and Appropriations Committee and also chairs the Public Safety and Health Committee.
In February of 2010, Councilman Young was unanimously nominated to fill the position of City Council President after former City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake was sworn in as Mayor of Baltimore after former Mayor Sheila Dixon
resigned from office as part of a plea deal to avoid being tried for perjury.
that most Baltimore City police commanders don't live in the city. On February 1, 2010, Wbal-tv's Jayne Miller reported that Young himself owned a home in Harford County for which he had signed an affidavit that declared the Harford County home was his primary residence. Young said the house in Harford county had served as his summer home until he sold it in 2005.
Baltimore City Council
The Baltimore City Council is the legislative branch that governs the City of Baltimore and its nearly 700,000 citizens. Baltimore has fourteen single-member City Council districts and representatives are elected for a four-year term. To qualify for a position on the Council, a person must be...
, formerly representing District 2 and District 12 on the Baltimore City Council.
Background
Jack Young was originally elected to represent District 2 in 1996. He represented District 2 in Baltimore until 2003, when district lines were redrawn. Because of the redrawn lines, he represented district 12 until in February 2010 he was appointed as city council president to fill the vacancy left by Stephanie Rawlings-Blake. Young graduated from Northern High School in Baltimore. He attended Baltimore City Community CollegeBaltimore City Community College
Baltimore City Community College is a community college in Baltimore, Maryland. It was founded in 1947 and has about 7,200 students enrolled in one of its three campuses...
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Career
Young is a radiology manager at Johns Hopkins HospitalJohns Hopkins Hospital
The Johns Hopkins Hospital is the teaching hospital and biomedical research facility of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, located in Baltimore, Maryland . It was founded using money from a bequest by philanthropist Johns Hopkins...
. He has been a member of the Historic East Baltimore Community Action Council since 1995. He is on the Alcoholic and Other Drug Dependency Advisory Board at Johns Hopkins University Hospital. Finally, he is a co-founder of the Broadway Development Foundation.Young, is often viewed as a potential candidate for citywide office. He currently chairs the Budget and Appropriations Committee and also chairs the Public Safety and Health Committee.
In February of 2010, Councilman Young was unanimously nominated to fill the position of City Council President after former City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake was sworn in as Mayor of Baltimore after former Mayor Sheila Dixon
Sheila Dixon
Sheila Ann Dixon served as the forty-eighth Mayor of Baltimore, Maryland. When former Mayor Martin O'Malley was sworn in as Governor on January 17, 2007, Dixon, a Democrat, became mayor and served out the remaining year of O'Malley's term. In November 2007, she was elected mayor...
resigned from office as part of a plea deal to avoid being tried for perjury.
Controversy
Young created controversy when he said that "it should be required that all top-level people live in the city", referring to a report by the Baltimore ExaminerThe Baltimore Examiner
The Baltimore Examiner was a free daily newspaper, one of the two big dailies in Baltimore, Maryland . It was launched in 2006 by the Philip Anschutz-owned Clarity Media Group as part of a national chain that includes The San Francisco Examiner and The Washington Examiner...
that most Baltimore City police commanders don't live in the city. On February 1, 2010, Wbal-tv's Jayne Miller reported that Young himself owned a home in Harford County for which he had signed an affidavit that declared the Harford County home was his primary residence. Young said the house in Harford county had served as his summer home until he sold it in 2005.