“Checks or money order payable to Friends of Bernard C. ‘Jack’ Young,” says a flier circulated to a limited number of contacts on behalf of Young, who has yet to declare.

Mayor headlines a large private party in East Baltimore, while across the harbor Councilman Eric Costello opts not to run as City Council president.

The measure is now under threat amid the political calculations of several of the bill’s sponsors as Baltimore’s 2020 Democratic Primary heats up.