By Carol Park, includes “In so many ways, Baltimore City is like a troubled kid. From the water billing fiasco to the mayor’s resignation over a corruption scandal, the city creates one problem after another and depends on massive state allowances for survival. Currently, Maryland lawmakers are considering a bill that would provide a $389 million subsidy to renovate Baltimore’s Pimlico Race Course and Laurel Park. … Unfortunately, Maryland is not a rich parent with billions in budget surplus to spoil its kid.”