Next week, we will begin adding maps to our online CitiStat reports. The Session Opens With Investments In Baltimore Back in our first Taking Care of Business, I outlined our goals for this legislative session. In the first week of the legislative session, Governor Glendening announced that he would make significant investments in addressing two of Baltimore's most critical issues. Additional drug treatment will allow us to cement the gains we have made in fighting crime. Now, in addition to attacking the supply end of the equation by arresting Baltimore's violent drug dealers, we will also address the demand by getting addicts off the street and into treatment.
Treatment works in the long run and the short run.
We will continue to work for our other priorities in the coming months - including public safety, neighborhood investment and the Digital Harbor. But the Governor has shown that he believes Baltimore can and should be an asset to the state, and that he understands targeted investments will make a difference. In partnership with the state, and with the hard work of Baltimore's State Legislators, we are off to a good start in Annapolis. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr .