Catherine Pugh, who will become mayor of Baltimore at the end of this year, is determined to start lifting the city out of its longstanding morass of poverty and crime. Not everyone thinks she’ll be able to do it. If she fails to make serious progress, though, voters will know whom to blame. Baltimore gives its mayor some of the strongest formal powers of any city in the country, making it clear who runs the show.
Image: Baltimore's presumptive next mayor, state Sen. Catherine Pugh (Tribune News Service)
