The suit says John Angelos “co-opted” his father’s former attorney, Chris Jones, by helping boost Jones’ daughter, an aspiring country music singer named Carter Faith. John Angelos’ wife, Margaret Valentine, runs a Nashville-based music production company that took Faith under her wing, the suit says. She has performed multiple times at Camden Yards.

In early 2020, the suit says, the Orioles learned that “an excellent deal with a credible group of buyers was ripe for development.” A sale of the team prior to Mr. Angelos’ death would have resulted in a sizeable tax hit, but a team official conceptualized a two-step sale that would enable the Angelos family to realize significant tax savings. Louis believes John nixed the deal; the buyer group came back in May 2020, and their mother had an attorney speak to her sons in an unsuccessful attempt to convince them to sell.

I'm glad I'm not in a rich family.

In early 2020, the suit says, the Orioles learned that “an excellent deal with a credible group of buyers was ripe for development.” A sale of the team prior to Mr. Angelos’ death would have resulted in a sizeable tax hit, but a team official conceptualized a two-step sale that would enable the Angelos family to realize significant tax savings

"Clearly you've never seen how high property taxes are in 'income-tax free' Texas."

A $500K home in Texas incurs more than twice the property taxes ($8,850 to $3,700) than in California. If you're making $100K, California state income taxes would cost you $5,844, so overall state taxes for this hypothetical person would be $9,544 to $8,850. The lack of a state income tax in Texas is really great for the extremely wealthy, but it's pretty meh for the middle class. There's a reason why no one else has adopted California's extreme property tax stance.

I know my new home won't be (literally) under water in 10 years.

Isn't it highly likely that $500K buys you way more house in TX than in CA?

Also, isn't the CA property tax based on how long you've owned the house?

No other state has this type of property tax structure, because it doesn't generate anywhere near enough revenue necessary to run a state, much less a giant state like California, which is why personal income tax rates are higher here.

Since I was appointed Chairman and CEO according to my parents’ expressed wishes, and voted as the control person for the team by the 30 Major League Clubs, I have taken significant steps to ensure that our beloved franchise’s future remains in Charm City. Just two months ago we celebrated the Maryland General Assembly passing a bill promising to put $1.2 billion into reinvesting and reimagining the Camden Yards Sports Complex, which includes Oriole Park, ensuring the team will continue to play right here in downtown Baltimore for generations to come. Maryland is committed to keeping our team in this great state, and I am equally committed to keeping the Orioles at the heart of our state. As stewards of “The Ballpark That Forever Changed Baseball,” we will continue to strengthen our community, generate another $10 billion in economic impact for the City of Baltimore and State of Maryland, and welcome another 70 million people to downtown Baltimore over the next 30 years and beyond. There is nothing uncertain about the future of the Baltimore Orioles.

I want to assure our Orioles players and coaches, our dedicated front office Senior Leadership Team and staff, and our devoted fans, trusted partners, elected, civic, and non-profit leaders, and our entire community, that the Orioles will never leave.

Which districts spend the most per student?

What matters is discipline, high expectations, and parental involvement. Charters and parochial schools suggest this heavily.

I'm pretty sure if you took the #1 school in an area, and the worst school, and swapped their student bodies (with parents of course) and changed nothing else, the formerly worse school would be near the top in short order, and the former #1 would be awful.

If the kids and parents both don't care about education, they're effed, and the sooner you get them out of the schools so they don't harass and attack the students who do care, the better.

I’d argue no school in the United States lacks sufficient infrastructure to be successful if it has students and parents committed to learning.

the schools are like in most of those districts. I wouldn't conclude that "the districts that spend the most per pupil are generally awful", but there's clearly a lot of other factors that affect school quality, besides and probably moreso than money spent.

I’d argue no school in the United States lacks sufficient infrastructure to be successful if it has students and parents committed to learning.

At my direction, John worked exhaustively and successfully for two years with Governor Larry Hogan, MSA Chairman Tom Kelso, Mayor Brandon Scott and the Legislative leadership of Maryland to pass the law to modernize Camden Yards and ensure that the Orioles remain in Baltimore in perpetuity.