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Making it easier for elected officials to receive lucrative pensions is exactly what city residents do not want from their mayor and council.

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Sinclair Broadcast Group Chairman David Smith has given $140,000 more to the effort to create term limits for Baltimore elected officials, bringing his investment so far in the ballot question to $525,000.

A coalition of Baltimore leaders backing a ballot question that would establish term limits for the city’s future mayor, comptroller and City Council kicked off a campaign Tuesday to promote the idea to voters ahead of the Nov. 8 election.

In the last two weeks, The Sun has directly linked the ownership of Sinclair Broadcast Group, owner of nearly 200 television stations, including Fox 45 in Baltimore, to three local political efforts.

Baltimore voters will be asked this fall to decide if the city’s elected leaders should be limited to two terms, the only successful question to emerge from multiple petition drives to put issues on the ballot this year.

Baltimore voters will be asked this fall to decide if the city’s elected leaders should be limited to two terms, the only successful question to emerge from multiple petition drives to put issues on the ballot this year.

Two ballot questions supported with an infusion of cash from the chairman of Sinclair Broadcast Group may appear on ballots this fall in Baltimore.

A controversial ballot question that would have reduced and capped Baltimore’s property tax rate will not make it onto Baltimore ballots this fall after organizers failed to submit the required signatures Monday.