BALTIMORE (WBFF) — Taxpayers are questioning the mayor’s preliminary budget, which calls for an additional 16 new staffers at the Baltimore city mayor’s office.
“I don’t really get it. We got a bunch of abandoned buildings. We’ve got homeless people. Why aren’t we pouring into that?” Ebony Diggs, a commuter, asked.
City staffing figures show the mayor’s office has expanded significantly over the past decade, even as the city’s population has shrunk. Ten years ago, the mayor’s office employed 39 people. By 2025, it had grown to 105 employees. This year, the office expanded to 118 staffers. In the city’s preliminary budget, the mayor is proposing to add 16 staff members, bringing the total to 134 — a level described as far larger than even the governor’s office…