"Al Hathaway, the senior pastor of the storied Union Baptist Church in West Baltimore, is also paying attention. As he sees it, none of the declared candidates is actually connecting with everyday folks. One of the tenets of his month-old organization, Act Now Baltimore, is this: “We need a new leader that we can trust and believe in to inspire and motivate all of us to help make the changes necessary to move Baltimore forward.”

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