Matthew McDaniel

Matthew McDaniel

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Matthew McDaniel was a candidate for District 1 of the Baltimore City Council. McDaniel was defeated in the general election on November 8, 2016.

Campaign themes

2016

McDaniel's campaign website listed the following themes for 2016:

“	Police and Public Safety To that end, my vision of the First District, as your councilman, would be to do the following: 1. Increase transparency in the Southeast District of the Baltimore Police Department to get up-to-date numbers on crimes taking place in our community. 2. Partner with the Office of the State's Attorney to make sure that cases where victims are First District residents are tracked and reported back to interested community members 3. Encourage and enable local businesses and citizens to grow the network of private security cameras that can be utilized to track down individuals committing crimes in the community 4. Work with police and private citizens to identify and shut down paths of entry for outside criminals who prey on residents of the First District. 5. Advocate for increased police foot patrols and strategic cruiser placement to discourage crime, increase officer familiarity in the community, and grow trust. Of course, this is not an exhaustive list. Long-term goals like attempting to eliminate the demand for drugs, encouraging ownership in communities, and increasing police accountability are on my agenda as well. Transparency Audits are a simple, tested, way of making sure that businesses, individuals, and governments are held to account for the way that they spend money. While Baltimore City does attempt to engage in audits of institutions, the current endeavors pale in comparison to the full and complete transparency that the people of Baltimore need. If Baltimoreans are paying the highest property taxes in the State, they have the right to know exactly how City Hall is spending their hard-earned money. Therefore, I would propose that any program, institution, or department that gets over $1M annually out of the General Fund should face continuing audits. Whether it's in national or local politics, the people who I have met in our communities feel like no one is listening to their concerns. Decades worth of the "business as usual" Baltimore politics have brought our City to the brink of significant budget problems. My campaign is not about cuts, but rather, it's about growth. I want to be able to work together to start to change the dialogue at City Hall. As your Councilman, I intend to be a voice pushing for transparency. You deserve to know how politicians are spending your money and allocating the City's resources. With the aid of local media and auditors, I want to see a Baltimore City Government that is efficient, lean, and effective. Modernization and transparency will allow our City's bureaucracy function in a way that can help more residents. Taxes and the Economy Whether it is the young professional, the new parents, the established family, or the retiree, when we have citizens realizing that they can buy a larger house and pay less money in taxes if they move across a border, we are not winning the fight to keep people here. There are numerous individual and complex issues that go into a person or family’s decision to live in the City, but that decision should not be made for them by a bill from City Hall. We should be convincing renters to buy in the City rather than saving their money to a time when they can move away. We want people to build their families, grown their roots, and be invested in Baltimore. Homeownership is the prime way we will have residents become invested in the community. To that end, we need to incentivize two types of people. First, young professionals. We can see the difference that revitalization makes in our neighborhoods. City residents have watched over the last decade as Canton, Harbor East, Brewers Hill, and Fells Point have made living in the City a lucrative investment. The problem we face in these areas is getting the people renting houses to buy in the City. Consequently, I propose we reduce property taxes for first-time City home buyers with home values appraised at under $1.5M at the time of purchase to a rate commensurate with surrounding counties for the first years of ownership. Bringing the new buyer rate to a level similar to Baltimore County ($1.1) and Anne Arundel County ($0.92) would make the City more appealing to new residents and would help to grow Baltimore's population and tax base. The economic power of the City is not driven by young professionals, however. We need to encourage established families and individuals to remain in the City rather than leave once they are comfortable. We should promote graduated tax reductions for persons who have lived in, and devoted themselves, to Baltimore City. As the City's population grows, we should create a scale for the reduction of property taxes commensurate with that expansion. Ideally, we should push to cut property taxes in increments of 3-6% for every 1% of population growth. Using this modelling, not only are we providing an incentive for people to move into our City, but we are also establishing the fact that, as Baltimoreans, we are in this together. Coupled with an audit of programs and agencies with budgets over one million dollars, the City should be able to reduce rates, increase population, grow the tax base, and avoid municipal default. We need real, workable, bipartisan solutions on taxes. My plan focuses on growth and not forced austerity. We could get a formidable consensus on taxes and move the City forward.	”
—Matthew McDaniel (2016),

Elections

2016

Zeke Cohen defeated Matthew McDaniel in the Baltimore City Council election for District 1.

Baltimore City Council Election (2016), District 1, General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Zeke Cohen	66.80%	12,548
	Republican	Matthew McDaniel	32.85%	6,170
		Write-in votes	0.36%	67
Total Votes				18,785
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections, "Official 2016 Presidential General Election results for Baltimore City," accessed December 11, 2016

Matthew McDaniel defeated Liz Copeland and Jennifer Susan Dudley in the Republican primary of the Baltimore City Council election for District 1.

Baltimore City Council Election (2016), District 1, Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Matthew McDaniel	51.49%	879
	Republican	Liz Copeland	39.19%	669
	Republican	Jennifer Susan Dudley	9.31%	159
Total Votes				1,707
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections, "Official 2016 Presidential Primary Election results for Baltimore City," May 31, 2016

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See also

• Baltimore, Maryland
• Municipal elections in Baltimore, Maryland (2016)
• United States municipal elections, 2016

External links

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