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Damn! Sure are a lot of Democrats getting nailed these days.Counts of perjury, theft, misconduct in office among 12-count indictment
By Annie Linskey and Julie Bykowicz | annie.linskey@baltsun.com and julie.bykowicz@baltsun.com
4:17 PM EST, January 9, 2009
Baltimore Mayor Sheila A. Dixon was charged today by the state prosecutor in a 12-count indictment, becoming the city's first sitting mayor indicted on criminal offenses.
Dixon was charged with four counts of perjury and two counts of theft over $500, as well as theft under $500, fraudulent misappropriation by a fiduciary and misconduct in office. The charges stem in part from gifts she received from former boyfriend and developer Ronald H. Lipscomb, who was also charged earlier this week.
Dixon, a Democrat, has been the target of a nearly three-year probe by State Prosecutor Robert A. Rohrbaugh into corruption at City Hall, an investigation that has centered on allegations that Dixon has used her office to award lucrative contracts to various people including her sister, her then-boyfriend and her former campaign chairman.
In a statement released by her office this afternoon, Dixon said: "I am being unfairly accused. Time will prove that I have done nothing wrong, and I am confident that I will be found innocent of these charges. ... I want to make it clear, though, that I will continue to put all of my energies into running the City of Baltimore during these perilous economic times."
Damn! Sure are a lot of Democrats getting nailed these days.
We all know the story here, a republican gets nailed, and it's proof Conservatives are bad, a dem does, and it's an isolated issue.
We get 4 years of Chicaho style politics with some Clinton tossed in, that's not a recipie for corruption no no.
How about this:
Why don't we all stop whining like a bunch of crybabies and call a spade a spade. Corruption is corruption, and it happens to both parties.
See, point proven. Thanks MG. We've been asking that for 8 years, now that the dems are in charge, it's time to call a spade a spade. If 2012 is a reversal of fortune and the Conservatives take over well.. that sentiment will die a quick death.
:roll: :roll: :roll:
I have to ask. In your mind, is corruption strictly a Democrat thing?
Nope, not at all. I just enjoy watching the left go into high and mighty phase when they are in charge.
We all know the story here, a republican gets nailed, and it's proof Conservatives are bad, a dem does, and it's an isolated issue.
We get 4 years of Chicaho style politics with some Clinton tossed in, that's not a recipie for corruption no no.
We get 4 years of Chicaho style politics with some Clinton tossed in, that's not a recipie for corruption no no.
What does something that happened in Baltimore have to do with Chicago? I'll wait for you to make the geographical leap. You know what? Don't bother.
What does something that happened in Baltimore have to do with Chicago? I'll wait for you to make the geographical leap. You know what? Don't bother.
You have a REAL hard time with association don't you?
Obama / Chicago.
4 years of CHICAGO... in the WH. Get it?
But what does that have to do with Sheila Dixon in Baltimore? Get it yet?
Democrat Corruption.
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