Robert W. Curran, is a member of the Baltimore City Council

Baltimore City Council

The Baltimore City Council is the legislative branch that governs the City of Baltimore and its nearly 700,000 citizens. Baltimore has fourteen single-member City Council districts and representatives are elected for a four-year term. To qualify for a position on the Council, a person must be...

 representing the Third Council District in Baltimore, Maryland. A member of a prominent Maryland political family, Curran is the son of J. Joseph Curran, Sr., Baltimore City Councilman from 1953 through 1977, a brother to former Maryland attorney general J. Joseph Curran, Jr.

J. Joseph Curran, Jr.

J. Joseph Curran, Jr. is an American politician and the longest serving elected Attorney General in Maryland history. His son-in-law, Martin J. O'Malley, is the Governor of Maryland.-Background:...

, brother to a former city councilman, Mike Curran. and uncle of Catherine Curran O'Malley

Catherine Curran O'Malley

Catherine "Katie" Curran O'Malley is a Maryland state judge and wife of Martin O'Malley, the current Governor of Maryland, and former Mayor of Baltimore.She is also the daughter of former state Attorney General J. Joseph Curran, Jr....

, wife of the Governor of Maryland

Governor of Maryland

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, Martin O'Malley

Martin O'Malley

Martin Joseph O'Malley is an American Democratic politician who is currently serving as the 61st Governor of Maryland. Previously, he served as the mayor of Baltimore from 1999 to 2007. He is currently the chairman of the Democratic Governors Association.-Early life, education and career:O'Malley...

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Background

Curran was born July 17, 1950 in Baltimore, Maryland. He attended Loyola High School and graduated in 1968. Curran then attended Mount Saint Mary's College

Mount Saint Mary's College

Mount Saint Mary's College may mean:* Mount St Mary's College, Sheffield, England, UK* Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, California, USASee also:* Mount Saint Mary College, Newburgh, New York, USA...

 and the Community College of Baltimore.

In the Council

Curran has been on the council representing the Third District since 1995. A former vice chairman of the Baltimore City Council, Curran currently serves as the chair of the Executive Appointments Committee and vice-chair of the Council's Judiciary and Legislative Investigations Committee. He is a member of the Budget and Appropriations Committee and the chair of that committee's Labor Subcommittee.

Legislative Notes

• In October 2006 Curran introduced a bill that would prohibit smoking in all restaurants and bars, the only workplaces in Baltimore where employees are not protected from second-hand smoke by statute. The bill passed and is currently law in Baltimore City.

• Curran worked with community groups and various city and state agencies on the redevelopment of the former Memorial Stadium
  Memorial Stadium (Baltimore)
  Memorial Stadium was a sports stadium in Baltimore, Maryland, that formerly stood on 33rd Street on an over-sized block also bounded by Ellerslie Avenue , 36th Street , and Ednor Road...
  
  site. Currently the site hosts a YMCA center, a park, and mixed-income retirement housing.