Pugh received $500,000 from the University of Maryland Medical System while a trustee to purchase her Healthy Holly books to donate to Baltimore schoolchildren. The years of these no-bid payments coincided with her tenure as head of a health committee in the Maryland State Senate and as mayor of Baltimore. She did not disclose the payments or recuse herself from votes and decisions involving the medical system. Pugh received the $500,000 from the University of Maryland Medical System for 100,000 copies of her books, however the firm printing the publication confirmed it had only actually ever printed 60,000 copies.
Pugh said that the University of Maryland Medical System were her only book sales, but Kaiser Permanente paid more than $100,000 for copies of the book, and a nonprofit called Associated Black Charities paid Pugh’s organization nearly $80,000 for copies of the book. Both organizations do business with the city of Baltimore. Associated Black Charities in turn resold some of its copies to other organizations, including CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, another Baltimore insurer.
There's a big problm for Pugh right there.....
that would kinda make one "less lucid" after the FBI came calling.
BIG ONE FOR PUGH How did she handle the book sales on her taxes?
She knows the answers....just waiting for the axe to fall.