Baltimore City Council
File #: 08-0211    Version: 0 Name: In Tribute to the Honorable Kenneth N. Harris, Sr. - A Distinguished Son of Baltimore City Gone Far too Soon
Type: Ordinance Status: Enacted
File created: 9/22/2008 In control: City Council
On agenda: Final action: 9/29/2008
Enactment #: 08-04
Title: In Tribute to the Honorable Kenneth N. Harris, Sr. - A Distinguished Son of Baltimore City Gone Far too Soon FOR the purpose of paying tribute to Ken Harris, our dear friend; expressing appreciation for his many years of dedicated public service to the citizens of the City of his birth; acknowledging his strength of character that carried him from personal poverty to political purpose; offering the deepest sympathy to his loving family, loyal friends, and dedicated colleagues on the sad occasion of his untimely and senseless death; and urging the citizens of Baltimore City to unite to secure the better future that Ken envisioned for us all; and providing for a special effective date.
Sponsors: Robert Curran, Stephanie President Rawlings-Blake, Edward Reisinger, James B. Kraft, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Bill Henry, Rochelle Spector, Sharon Green Middleton, Belinda Conaway, Helen L. Holton, Agnes Welch, William H. Cole, IV, President Young, Warren Branch, Mary Pat Clarke
Indexes: Mayor and City Council Resolution, Resolution-Mayor and City Council
Attachments: 1. 08-0211 - 1st Reader.pdf, 2. 08-0211- 3rd Reader.pdf
* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL

Introduced by: Councilmember Curran, President Rawlings-Blake, Councilmembers Reisinger, Kraft, D’Adamo, Henry, Spector, Middleton, Conaway, Holton, Welch, Cole, Young, Branch, and Clarke

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL concerning
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In Tribute to the Honorable Kenneth N. Harris, Sr. - A Distinguished Son
of Baltimore City Gone Far too Soon

FOR the purpose of paying tribute to Ken Harris, our dear friend; expressing appreciation for his many years of dedicated public service to the citizens of the City of his birth; acknowledging his strength of character that carried him from personal poverty to political purpose; offering the deepest sympathy to his loving family, loyal friends, and dedicated colleagues on the sad occasion of his untimely and senseless death; and urging the citizens of Baltimore City to unite to secure the better future that Ken envisioned for us all; and providing for a special effective date.
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When gunmen took the life of Kenneth Harris in the early morning hours of September 20, in the words of the Mayor of Baltimore City: “Our City lost a committed advocate for people who didn’t always have a voice. When it came to young people, people losing their homes and people who just needed a little help – Ken was always there, speaking up for them and asking all of us to do what was right.”

Ironically, in his more than 8 years of service on the City Council, ...

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