On Monday, we did a story on new revelations in the case against Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon. It concerned thousands of dollars in “unexplained” cash that went into the Mayor’s bank accounts in the Spring of 2004.
The revelations are contained in new filings by the State Prosecutor. “Unexplained” is the word used by an investigator who was unable to determine the source of the cash.
In response, the Mayor chose not to shed any light on the question of the cash but instead slammed prosecutors for digging around what she referred to as her personal life.
In fact, the Mayor’s personal life is all over this case, not because of who she was dating but because she allegedly accepted gifts from him without disclosing it in ethics filings.
She also mixed her personal business with the city’s business when she allegedly stole gift cards to use for herself or to benefit her own employees.
And then there’s the payment to her personal credit card. Allegedly, she gave 40 hundred dollar bills to her driver and instructed him to deposit it in his account and write a check, in his name, to her credit card company.
Not sure the purpose of this Sopranos-like transaction. But this much is clear–the driver is a city employee; a man on the pubic payroll being asked to take care of the Mayor’s personal business.
