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Features Sections from WYPR including Fraser Smith's Commentary, Inside Maryland Politics and Sports at Large with Milton Kent.

What Mimi DiPietro Wants, Mimi Gets

City Councilman Mimi DiPietro took pride in his style, the way he got things done for his constituency by always going “right to the top” to get a problem resolved.  His funeral was in late August, a time in Baltimore of unbearable heat and humidity. But on the day of Mimi’s funeral the weather broke cool and clear. Father Esposito, at Mimi’s funeral, wondered out loud whether Mimi had once again gone to the top to get things done.