 A proposal to cut the Baltimore City property tax will not be appearing as a ballot question in the November election. Board of Elections Director Armistead Jones says that under state law, the power to set a specific property tax rate in the counties in Baltimore City must remain with the county or the city council. And after 22 years, the Chesapeake Bay's annual report card is out and is now, wow, the Bay is now a C+. Wow.