A friend who used to work in PG County claimed that Jack Johnson was “bought and paid for” by developers. Probably real-estate related.
He actually wasn't too bad when we lived there. He was willing to back the cops against discrimination charges, although he let them go overboard a couple of times, beating UMD students and shooting dogs in fake drug drops.
I read a different account which said a plumber had been called to the house as though they were looking for things which might have been flushed down toilets???