I Guess Baltimore Doesn't Pay Their Mayor Enough...

Damocles

Damocles

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dy...12/01/AR2009120101925.html?wprss=rss_metro/md

Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon was found guilty Tuesday of embezzling about $500 in retail gift cards meant for charity, a misdemeanor conviction that could end her tenure as the city's first female mayor.

Maryland's Constitution calls for removing elected officials from office when they are sentenced for a crime related to their public duties, and questions have risen about how long Dixon can continue to lead the city.

Jurors said in post-trial interviews that their verdict hinged more on the mayor's abuse of public trust than the dollar amount of the crime.

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Gift cards for the homeless. I wonder if the Mayor makes enough to even pay for a house...
 
Separately, Dixon is scheduled for a perjury trial in March on suspicion of failing to disclose gifts from her former boyfriend, a developer with lucrative city tax incentives.
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The gift cards are a breach of public trust and a plain awful thing to do, but the above is a regular occurrence in city government where the public is swindled under the guise of "creating jobs".

And I bet it cost the city way more than $500.
 
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