Posted on 01/06/2010 12:12:18 PM PST by Braak
Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon, convicted last month on one count of embezzlement, is stepping down.
WBAL AM-1090 reported Wednesday afternoon Dixon would leave office Feb. 4.
The decision by Dixon, a Democrat, was revealed Wednesday as her lawyers were set to argue in court that the mayor deserved a new trial because of juror misconduct. She was scheduled to be sentenced Jan. 21.
Under the state constitution, Dixon would have been required to step down as mayor upon her sentencing, with City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake assuming Dixon’s mayoral duties. Speculation had run rampant in recent weeks that city leaders were pressing Dixon to resign.
Dixon’s conviction stemmed from her use of gift cards given to the city by developer Patrick Turner. Turner claimed they were intended for the needy.
The trial offered a window into what critics have long derided as a pay-to-play mentality at City Hall that tarnished Baltimore’s reputation.
Dixon was the former president of the Baltimore City Council who became mayor in January 2007. She ascended to the top job after then Mayor Martin O’Malley became governor, defeating Republican Robert Ehrlich.
Stuart Smalley did it and he got elected Senator!
>> The Maryland Democrat Party is and always has been thoroughly corrupt, and they count cemetary’s as a vital voting block in Baltimore City, so they must really know something is coming in order to sweep Dixon aside.
Maybe it touches O’Malley somehow. It wouldn’t surprise me. <<
O’Malley: http://rvb.wikia.com/wiki/O%27Malley
Pelosi went to school in DC with other politicians kids, I think I remember AlGore at the same school.
Her Dad was successful at getting the St Louis Browns to move to Baltimore, home of Babe Ruth and the original Yankees.
Sometimes I wish they would move back.
Why do I stay? I don't know. Family and friends I guess.
RAT Leadership...Change we can believe in (if we want to be robbed).
Democrats, the REAL Party of Corruption.
Juror misconduct was probably said juror’s refusal to take a bribe.
And what makes you think the Turner guy really believed those 'gift cards' would really get to the needy.
Far more likely a 'pay to play' where the guy paying has plausible denial of paying bribes and kickbacks.
“I live and work in Baltimore (the Brooklyn area - yes, I am well-armed)”
Man are you risking your life. The lowlife who runs LP is also from Brooklyn/Glen Burnie.
I’m not that far outside the city but I rarely venture inside. There’s a SuperFresh in Parkville that’s near or inside the city limits, I go around otherwise. Last trip in was about 2002.
MFLR.
I stand corrected one one part...she can not run for city/state office for 2 years.What kind of punishment is that? At least voters would know they would be getting a corrupt politician.
B-more bump.
I left Baltimore in 1975 and only return to visit family now.
The thief stole from the poor!!!
not up to date on her so what happened though as you said it comes as no surprise.
I’m just surprised no one has cried racist yet because she got caught which is the usual tactic of the racist NAACP and the infatuated with race lefty
I only go to Balto to see the Orioles.
I miss The Wire!!!
I was raised in the suburbs of Baltimore and hate what I read about the City now.
Still, I visit and love so many parts of the City. Very sad. :(
I used to sit a few feet away from Wild Bill Hagy in Section 34. I’ve been to one game at the new stadium, don’t even bother with the O’s most time.
They made a good trade getting rid of that pitcher but even with better players there are no positive results.
Don’t let the door hit you in yo booty on the way out.
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
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