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First: It has been stated that Ms. Dixon "is on probation" but that it is unsupervised. What does this probation consist of? Is she forbidden to undertake certain activities? Must she refrain from former relationships? What are the restrictions on her ...http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/readersrespond/bal-dixonletter0112b,0,6Good afternoon. I want to thank you all for coming today so I can provide to you and to the citizens of Baltimore an update regarding transition activities...

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Mayor-to-be Stephanie Rawlings-Blake stopped by The Sun's editorial board this morning, and gave some thoughts on policing strategy. Rawlings-Blake has a different perspective as her predecessors, with her background as a former public defender whose ...http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/blog/2010/01/more_rawlingsblake_on_crThe incoming mayor, Stephanie C. Rawlings-Blake, could have a tremendous impact on improving the city's housing market by committing to lowering property taxes and pu...

About baltimore mayor sheila dixon, city, plea deal, rawlings-blake

For Mayor Sheila Dixon, it's hundreds of thousands of dollars in retirement money - one of the biggest things at stake in her legal troubles. By technically avoiding conviction under a plea deal reached Wednesday, she remains eligible for an $83000 ...http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-pension0107-mezz,0,3156104.storylinkIn Stephanie C. Rawlings-Blake, Baltimoreans get a young, bright and serious new mayor who could bring some urgently needed stability to city government even as she faces ...

About baltimore mayor sheila dixon, city, plea deal, rawlings-blake

Mayor Dixon has enormous legal bills after two years of being investigated, indicted and tried. So her lawyers had just as much motive as she did to ensure that she settled the case without giving up her pension. Presumably that's how she'll at least ...http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/business/hancock/blog/2010/01/can_sheila_dixon_tFor Mayor Sheila Dixon, it's hundreds of thousands of dollars in retirement money - one of the biggest things at stake in her legal troubles. By technically avoiding ...

About baltimore mayor sheila dixon, city, baltimore council, plea deal, rawlings-blake

In what may have been her final act of defiance as mayor of Baltimore, Sheila Ann Dixon lashed out as prosecutors entered perjury charges into the record against her Wednesday as a hearing on her fate neared conclusion in Baltimore ...http://investigativevoice.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2099:BALTIMORE -- Baltimore's next mayor, City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, is already proving that she's committed to public education. She met this week with the sch...

About baltimore mayor sheila dixon, city, plea deal

Good afternoon. I want to thank you all for coming today so I can provide to you and to the citizens of Baltimore an update regarding transition activities currently under way. Before I begin I would like to thank all of the many city officials, staff, ...http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bal-srb-statement0107,0According to the deal announced Wednesday, Sheila Dixon resigns, effective Feb. 4. She had been convicted last month of taking gift cards donated to the poor for pe...

About baltimore mayor sheila dixon, city, stephanie rawlings-blake, plea deal

If there is any lingering doubt about whether justice was done in the Sheila Dixon corruption case, it's the propriety of the mayor leaving office in disgrace only to collect $83000 a year in pension benefits for life, a number that is likely to ...http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/2010/01/dixon_case_shows_need_for_pPoliticians everywhere get sold to the highest bidder. In Baltimore their coats do, too. Sheila Dixon's furs are bound for eBay. Proceeds will go to charity. And Dixon wou...

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What started out as a hearing in a motion for a new trial Wednesday, ended with a plea agreement that will end the administration of Mayor Sheila Dixon on February 4th. Our coverage Wednesday was extensive, as it has been throughout the case. ...http://roblang.wbal.com/2010/01/notes-from-courthouse-eastguilty-plea.htmlI find it appalling that a deal was struck with Sheila Dixon allowing her to keep her pension ("Dixon resigns," Jan. 7). Her short tenure in office as mayor will tax this...

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Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon will leave office Feb. 4, part of a plea deal that brings a years-long corruption investigation to a close and ends the tenure of the city's first female mayor, reports the Baltimore Sun. Dixon, 56, will be sentenced both ...http://thecrimereport.org/2010/01/07/baltimore-mayor-takes-plea-deal-to-leave-ofPoliticians everywhere get sold to the highest bidder. In Baltimore their coats do, too. Sheila Dixon's furs are bound for eBay. Proceeds will go to charity. And Dixo...

About dixon’s plea deal, gift, resign, baltimore mayor sheila dixon

It has been an odd sort of spectacle for me watching Mayor Sheila Dixon stand trial in the same Mitchell Courthouse where I've sat through ...http://investigativevoice.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2097:Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon will resign Feb. 4 under a plea bargain for her conviction on embezzlement charges last month. She will be on probation for ...http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/01/baltimore-mayor-Dixon entered an Alford plea to a ...