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You could tell Scott was caught off guard by the question of his association to O'Malley in the Washington Post article. I think at this point he should own that association and be honest about his plans for the city.
Closing restaurants during a pandemic is easy. More systemic problems like access to education and reducing violence, not so much. grounding the spy plane, either by his own doing, or it was too big of an embarrassment for even the GBC to continue to suppport; good either way
Brandon is beating the drum really hard right now of being an independent, unbought, and uninfluenced leader. Many of us know that's not entirely true but it's up to him to ultimately blaze his own trail. Enough people believe that is true for him to move in that direction
The big question remains is whether or not he chooses to do that or not. I don't think divorcing himself from the O'Malley crowd and GBC will hurt him the same as it would others should he choose to do that. He'll get constituent support even if he loses the GBC's/O'Malley's, etc
The biggest disadvantage I see Brandon Scott having at this point, and we are still really early on with this, is Nick Mosby. I don't feel that Brandon Scott will be able to do anything with Mosby either chiming in and stealing the spotlight and/or undermining him.
Brandon Scott and Nick Mosby both voted against the audits bill way back when so they have proven to share similar policy decisions.
Growth is real and possible though but Scott will have a huge political hill to climb that is just as big as the list of issues the city has to get the chance to enact good policy if he is going to truly be the independent he says he is.
I am also hoping that Bill Ferguson can divorce himself from the O'Malley, GBC, etc influences and helps craft and support good policy decisions that the city hasn't seen in a very long time.
Sick burns and unfiltered social media rage is best left to those of us in the peanut gallery who do not have the power to do the things that they do. I'm really hoping they can get a Governor in the State House that shares a vision of a stronger and healthier Baltimore
