. >> mayor stephanie rollings blake immediately tackle some enormous problems, including a record budget deficit and that looming snowstorm that could shut down the city of baltimore. >> i, stephanie rollings blake -- >> she took the oath of office standing next to her mother, husband, and a daughter sophia. >> today marks the beginning of a new day in city government. not all of us must it said the challenges and hard work that, this. -- all of us must prepare for the challenges and hard work that comes with this. >> the snowfall this weekend and the budget deficit, it will snow was under the next few months. it will be trying times, but she is ready to move forward. >> the projects and the snowstorm -- the leadership team made up of new staff and holdovers is a move that impressed councilwoman mary clark. >> she is not throwing out the old to bring in the new, but she is bringing what has been working with some of what will be her initiatives. >> she was appointed to the remainder of sheila dixon's term that ends in late 2011. >> sheila dixon's resignation was effective at noon today a