Yesterday Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young raided the Baltimore Children & Youth Fund, removing $6 million from its coffers.

The money will provide one-time cash assistance to low-income residents who have been impacted by the Covid-19 crisis – a mission that, while worthy, has little to do with why voters were urged (by Young) to establish the fund in the first place.

As enshrined in Article 1, Section 13 of the City Charter, BCYF money is “to be used exclusively for the purposes of establishing new and augmenting existing programs for and services to the children and youth of this City.”

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