Who Knew Towing Could Be So Dramatic?

Investigative Voice:

The FBI may be investigating Baltimore's towing business in light of the recent move by the city to privatize its impound lot and do away with the city’s medallion towing business, the fellow councilperson told Kraft, according to the sources.

Are you telling me there's a federal statute on how urban centers can operate towing firms? WHY?

But at least the mayor has the right idea:

“From what I understand the mayor believes there are things we should do and other things we should not,” Nelson told I.V. at the time.

Indeed. Until:

At the meeting she told minority-owned towing firms that a privatization plan would provide them a greater share of the city’s lucrative contract-towing business.

“We’re trying to increase the availability… of minority and women-owned businesses,” she said then. “We certify you as a minority or a woman so you can be named as a subcontractor.”

*sigh* I know this is boilerplate, but dammit, Baltimore is a minority-majority city. Anyone who can get a tow-license should be able to start a tow business. Why do they have to make everything so difficult?