Bernard C. Young

Bernard C. "Jack" Young is an American politician who serves as President of the Baltimore City Council, formerly representing District 2 and District 12 on the Baltimore City Council.

Background
Jack Young was originally elected to represent District 2 in 1996. He represented District 2 in Baltimore until 2003, when district lines were redrawn. Because of the redrawn lines, he represented district 12 until in February 2010 he was appointed as city council president to fill the vacancy left by Stephanie Rawlings-Blake. Young graduated from Northern High School in Baltimore. He attended Baltimore City Community College.

Career
Young is a radiology manager at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He has been a member of the Historic East Baltimore Community Action Council since 1995. He is on the Alcoholic and Other Drug Dependency Advisory Board at Johns Hopkins University Hospital. Finally, he is a co-founder of the Broadway Development Foundation.Young, is often viewed as a potential candidate for citywide office. He currently chairs the Budget and Appropriations Committee and also chairs the Public Safety and Health Committee.

In February 2010, Councilman Young was unanimously nominated to fill the position of City Council President after former City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake was sworn in as Mayor of Baltimore after former Mayor Sheila Dixon resigned from office as part of a plea deal to avoid being tried for perjury.

Controversy
Young created controversy when he said that "it should be required that all top-level people live in the city", referring to a report by the Baltimore Examiner that most Baltimore City police commanders don't live in the city. On February 1, 2010, WBAL-TV's Jayne Miller reported that Young himself owned a home in Harford County for which he had signed an affidavit that declared the Harford County home was his primary residence. Young said the house in Harford county had served as his summer home until he sold it in 2005.