In the time-honored bait-and-switch tradition of the Democrat party, Baltimore’s Mayor Sheila Dixon is on trial for using holiday gift cards that were donated to the needy for her own personal shopping sprees.
“Dixon, 55, will put her political future in the hands of a jury Monday, when her trial on theft charges begins. She’s accused of asking wealthy developer pals to donate gift cards worth thousands of dollars, saying they would be given to poor families — then using them to buy electronics at Best Buy, clothes at Old Navy and knickknacks at Target. If convicted, she would be tossed out of office.”
Dixon, often called a “classic” Democrat, also faces perjury charges. Turns out she didn’t report gifts from her ex-boyfriend, a real estate developer who got tax breaks from the city.
Dixon, whose salary is $151,700, has assembled a high-priced team of seven attorneys. She refuses to say how she’s able to pay her exorbitant legal bills, but it’s rumored that she shopped around for attorneys who would accept Target gift cards in lieu of cash.
Dixon, said to be in need of a new Winter wardrobe and a home entertainment center, has stated she won’t let these allegations interfere with her fund raising efforts for the poor.
Source: Associated Press
