City of Baltimore - File #: 11-0694

• File #: 11-0694
• Version: 0
• Name: November 2 - Do It Now! Day - In Honor of the Life and Times of William Donald Schaefer - November 2, 1921 - April 18, 2011
• Type: Mayor and City Council Res.
• Status: Enacted
• File created: 5/2/2011
• In control: City Council
• Final action: 5/6/2011
• Enactment #: 11-31
• Title: November 2 - Do It Now! Day - In Honor of the Life and Times of William Donald Schaefer - November 2, 1921 - April 18, 2011 FOR the purpose of declaring November 2, Do It Now! Day in Baltimore City, an annual citywide day of service and reflection in celebration of the birthday of William Donald Schaefer and in recognition of his indomitable spirit and life of selfless public service that, upon his passing, left his beloved Baltimore a much improved City and its residents aware that City Hall works to serve all; and providing for a special effective date.
• Sponsors: President Young, Carl Stokes, Bill Henry, William H. Cole, IV, Warren Branch, Robert Curran, Edward Reisinger, William "Pete" Welch, Rochelle Spector, Mary Pat Clarke, Nicholas C. D'Adamo, Helen L. Holton, Sharon Green Middleton, Belinda Conaway
• Indexes: Mayor and City Council Resolution, Resolution-Mayor and City Council

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/6/2011	0	Mayor	Signed by Mayor
5/2/2011	0	City Council	Introduced
5/2/2011	0	City Council	Advanced to 2nd Reader on same day
5/2/2011	0	City Council	Advanced to 3rd Reader on same day
5/2/2011	0	City Council	Approved and Sent to the Mayor

* 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: President Young

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL concerning
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November 2 - Do It Now! Day - In Honor of the Life and Times of William Donald Schaefer - November 2, 1921 - April 18, 2011

FOR the purpose of declaring November 2, Do It Now! Day in Baltimore City, an annual citywide day of service and reflection in celebration of the birthday of William Donald Schaefer and in recognition of his indomitable spirit and life of selfless public service that, upon his passing, left his beloved Baltimore a much improved City and its residents aware that City Hall works to serve all; and providing for a special effective date.
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The passing of William Donald Schaefer was memorialized by persons of all walks of life. Maryland's well-known politicos and ordinary citizens gathered one last time this past Wednesday for a memorial service to honor the life of the loveable curmudgeon who altered the sky scape of Baltimore City and changed the way its citizens perceived the role of City Hall.

In eulogy, a former Congressman brought both smiles and tears from those assembled and those listening to media coverage from afar, when he recalled: "Don Schaefer was a person who changed politics. He put a human face on it." A former close aid remarked that he was a father to his aides, determined to pull every "shred of untapped potential" out of them. Baltimore City, however, was his ...