The seemingly unending Federal Hill bar wars: Residents vs. liquor interests. Old Baltimore vs. New Baltimore. “NIMBY’s in the city!” “Booze-loving ‘bro’s from the county!”

The Cross Street Market liquor license bill, set for a hearing in Annapolis today, is the latest focus of multiple, heated, years-long debates over the future of the facility and the identity of South Baltimore.

But it also represents something pretty simple: Cold cash.

There’s a lot at stake with HB 1348/SB 1035, the so-called “The 46th District Alcoholic Beverages Act of 2017,” and it goes beyond the makeover for the city-owned market.

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