Race card played in 3... 2... 1...
Posted on 01/09/2009 12:00:45 PM PST by Abathar
BALTIMORE -- Maryland's state prosecutor said a grand jury has indicted Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon on 12 counts of corruption as part of a long-running investigation that saw a councilwoman indicted earlier this week.
The prosecutor's office announced the indictment on its Web site on the final day of a four-month grand jury session in which a City Council member and a prominent developer who once dated the mayor were indicted on public corruption charges. The indictment followed a three-year investigation by the state prosecutor's office into City Hall finances.
Dixon's attorneys said they and the mayor would make statements later Friday afternoon.
In a 28-page report, Dixon was indicted on 12 counts of corruption, including four counts of perjury, two counts of misconduct, three counts of theft and three counts of fraudulent misappropriations. The theft and misappropriations charges stemmed from gift cards that were donated to the city for needy families, reported WBAL-TV in Baltimore.
The grand jury focused on gifts the mayor received from developer Ron Lipscomb, as well as the use of those gift cards by Dixon. Dixon did not report any gifts from Lipscomb on her financial disclosure forms.
One allegation listed in the indictment said that on Dec. 16, 2004, 15 $50 Best Buy gift cards were purchased with cash by the city. Two were used on Dec. 11, 2005, at the Best Buy store downtown by Sheila Dixon to purchase $237 worth of merchandise, including a PlayStation2 and DVDs.
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Race card played in 3... 2... 1...
You’ve just got to love those Democrats.
Republican?
lol
What race? She has lighter skin that I do, and I’m Jewish.
B-more Ping.
B-more Ping.
Strange....no party affiliation is mentioned. But still, she’s no Thomas D’Allisandro. He was goodfellas with Meyer Lanksey and Lucky Luciano. Why he was so corrupt, the only way his daughter could win an election, was to move to San Francisco and marry a guy named Pulosi.
Gee, I wonder why the headline doesn’t include ‘Democrat’....(sarcasm setting: HIGH)
.....but the frog would have NONE of it!
He decided that even "croaking" would be a far better fate.
It’s getting to the point where we need a RAT Crook of the Day thread.
(I had feeling she wasn't a Republican)
Sheila A. Dixon
Political party Democratic
“OK, audience....are you ready to play GUESS-MY-PARTY?? This politician is mayor of a major eastern seaboard city, and a former city council member...she faces corruption charges, etc. etc., etc. Please press your vote button NOW.”
I was thinking the same thing. Just wait for a few months, it will be to the point with all this money floating around that we won’t even be able to keep them all strait.
More democratic culture of corruption.
Corrupt Dims...the saga goes on and on and on.
Baltimore Sun Admits Baltimore Mayor a Democrat
Photo of Ken Shepherd.
By Ken Shepherd
June 25, 2008 - 09:07 ET
Yesterday I noted how the Baltimore Sun failed to note the party affiliation of Democratic Mayor Sheila Dixon, who is under investigation for corruption.
To be fair to the Sun, I thought I’d note that Dixon’s party allegiance is referenced in a June 25 story in the second paragraph:...
excerpt
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/ken-shepherd/2008/06/25/baltimore-sun-admits-baltimore-mayor-democrat
I didn’t see it either. But if it isn’t mentioned in the first few lines I always assume it is a democrat.
What a bunch of crap “decorating” her office. Not very professional, I’d say.
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