Head of Baltimore's Minority Business Development Office Resigns.

From: Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) | Date: January 1, 2004 | Copyright information

Byline: Andrea K. Walker

Jan. 1--Nearly three years after Mayor Martin O'Malley hired him to head up an ambitious initiative to increase business opportunities for minorities, the head of the city's minority business development office is stepping down.

Owen Tonkins' last day in the $90,000-a-year Cabinet post was yesterday.

Tonkins was out of the office and didn't return calls to his home, but Raquel Guillory, a spokeswoman for the mayor, said Ton...

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