{"id":2296605,"date":"2024-07-16T16:19:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T20:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/baltimore-sues-to-remove-baby-bonus-from-november-ballot-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-07-16T16:21:45","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T20:21:45","slug":"baltimore-is-taking-legal-action-to-remove-the-baby-bonus-from-the-november-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/baltimore-is-taking-legal-action-to-remove-the-baby-bonus-from-the-november-ballot\/","title":{"rendered":"Baltimore is taking legal action to remove the &#8216;baby bonus&#8217; from the November ballot"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbaltimore-is-taking-legal-action-to-remove-the-baby-bonus-from-the-november-ballot%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2296605&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The City of Baltimore is suing to block \u2062a \u200dballot \u200cmeasure that \u200cwould \u200coffer new parents $1,000\u200c to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obamas-top-economist-unemployment-benefits-not-lack-of-childcare-could-be-harming-recovery\/\" title=\"Obama\u2019s Top Economist: Unemployment Benefits, Not Lack Of Childcare, Could Be Harming Recovery\">fight child poverty<\/a>. The Baltimore Baby Bonus Fund \u200dlearned that the mayor and City Council filed a lawsuit to remove the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-birthrate-continues-decline-should-government-encourage-having-babies\/\" title=\"US Birthrate Continues Decline; Should Government Encourage Having Babies?\">baby bonus<\/a> from the ballot after \u200bthe measure gathered the necessary 10,000 signatures to appear on the November ballot. The mayor&#8217;s office stated that while they support the\u200c proposed objectives of the amendment, charter amendments \u200cthat take \u2063over the role of the legislature go against \u200bMaryland law and the city&#8217;s charter. Despite their sympathies towards the policy, they have \u200cdirected the \u2064Law Department to oppose the amendment as improper.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Baltimore sues to remove &lsquo;baby bonus&rsquo; from November ballot<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1659423\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/baltimore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>The City of Baltimore<\/a> is suing to block a ballot measure that would offer new parents $1,000 in an effort to fight child <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/poverty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>poverty<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Baltimore Baby Bonus Fund <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/bbbfund\/status\/1811740107642167568\/photo\/4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> it learned Thursday that Baltimore&rsquo;s mayor and City Council had filed a lawsuit to remove the baby bonus from the ballot. The lawsuit came shortly after the measure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3073052\/baltimore-baby-bonus-new-parents-1000\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>gathered the necessary 10,000 signatures<\/a> to appear on the November ballot.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yesterday the mayor&rsquo;s office informed us that the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore filed a lawsuit to remove the Baltimore Baby Bonus from the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>We are fully confident that the courts will reject this attack on democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Full statement below: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tVSzGf41dk\">pic.twitter.com\/tVSzGf41dk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Baltimore Baby Bonus (@bbbfund) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bbbfund\/status\/1811740107642167568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;While Mayor Scott is supportive of the proposed amendment&rsquo;s objectives, charter amendments that effectively commandeer the role of the legislature go against Maryland law and the City&rsquo;s charter,&rdquo; the office of Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott said in a statement. &ldquo;That is why we have directed the Law Department to oppose the amendment as improper despite our sympathies toward the underlying policy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;At the local level, we currently don&rsquo;t have the resources to make that type of support permanent,&rdquo; the mayor&rsquo;s office added. &ldquo;Mayor Scott hopes the Baltimore Baby Bonus campaign will join the administration in advocating for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-i-got-a-covid-test-four-times-in-one-day-two-came-back-negative-two-came-back-positive-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Elon Musk: I Got A COVID Test Four Times In One Day. \u2018Two Came Back Negative, Two Came Back Positive.\u2019 | The Daily Wire\">universal basic income<\/a> at the Congressional level.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The baby bonus would be available to all of Baltimore&rsquo;s &ldquo;new parents,&rdquo; regardless of income upon the birth or adoption of a child, and it would cost about $7 million annually, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimorebabybonus.org\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>according to<\/a> the initiative&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-announces-california-gubernatorial-run-as-newsom-recall-nears-threshold\/\" title=\"Republican Announces California Gubernatorial Run as Newsom Recall Nears Threshold\">campaign website<\/a>, which is about 0.16% of the city&rsquo;s budget.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative wouldn&rsquo;t raise taxes, but it would require an appropriation equal to 0.03% of the city&rsquo;s property value. The Baltimore City Council would decide how to allocate funding.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Baltimore Baby Bonus Fund said that its organizers had &ldquo;rigorously studied case law to ensure that our proposal was permissible&rdquo; and called the lawsuit an &ldquo;attack on democracy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In reality, this is about power and taking away city voters&rsquo; opportunity to enact the Baby Bonus Fund,&rdquo; the group wrote in a post on X. &ldquo;This attempt to remove us from the ballot is a grave disservice to Baltimore&rsquo;s families and children.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1659423\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1659423\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baltimore is taking legal action to prevent a ballot measure that would provide $1,000 to new parents in an effort to combat child poverty. The city&#8217;s mayor and City Council have filed a lawsuit to remove the baby bonus from the November ballot, citing concerns about the measure&#8217;s legality and potential impact on the city&#8217;s budget. The Baltimore Baby Bonus Fund, which supports the initiative, has criticized the lawsuit as an attack on democracy and is confident that the courts will reject it. The fund argues that the baby bonus would benefit all new parents in Baltimore, regardless of income, and would not raise taxes but would require a small appropriation from the city&#8217;s budget. The group believes that the lawsuit is an attempt to undermine the will of the voters and is urging the city to support the initiative as a way to help families and children in need<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3192,"featured_media":2296606,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/iStock-1916885988.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[35246,15961,32142,34627,5199],"class_list":["post-2296605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-baby-bonus","tag-baltimore","tag-legal-action","tag-november-ballot","tag-removal"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/iStock-1916885988.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2296605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3192"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2296605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2296605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2296606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2296605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2296605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2296605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}