Pubdate: Sun, 19 Dec 1999
Source: Baltimore Sun (MD)
Copyright: 1999 by The Baltimore Sun, a Times Mirror Newspaper.
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Author: Patrick Pugh, Joppa

'THE CORNER' SHOULD BE ON MAYOR'S READING LIST

I was surprised no one recommended the new mayor read "The Corner," by
David Simon and Edward Burns and Jerry Minton ("O'Malley's reading
list," Opinion Commentary, Dec. 6).

It would behoove Mayor O'Malley to read this book about a year in the
life of a Baltimore neighborhood.

What better example of the city's seemingly intractable problems than
the many corners like Monroe and Fayette streets.

Reading this book would allow him to experience, up close, the lives
of those who could be most affected by "zero tolerance."
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