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Sheila Dixon is the 48th mayor of Baltimore and a former member of the Baltimore City Council. She is the first African-American female to serve as the council's president and the city's first female mayor. Dixon won the Democratic mayoral primary in 2007, prevailing over her main challenger, City Councilman Keiffer J. Mitchell Jr., with 63% of the vote. She easily defeated Republican Elbert Henderson in the general election.
Dixon has recently been the focus of an investigation into spending irregularities at City Hall. The probe, which dates to 2006, has examined possible gifts to the mayor from people doing business with the city and her votes on contracts as City Council presiden...
Dixon has recently been the focus of an investigation into spending irregularities at City Hall. The probe, which dates to 2006, has examined possible gifts to the mayor from people doing business with the city and her votes on contracts as City Council presiden...
Sheila Dixon is the 48th mayor of Baltimore and a former member of the Baltimore City Council. She is the first African-American female to serve as the council's president and the city's first female mayor. Dixon won the Democratic mayoral primary in 2007, prevailing over her main challenger, City Councilman Keiffer J. Mitchell Jr., with 63% of the vote. She easily defeated Republican Elbert Henderson in the general election.
Dixon has recently been the focus of an investigation into spending irregularities at City Hall. The probe, which dates to 2006, has examined possible gifts to the mayor from people doing business with the city and her votes on contracts as City Council president that benefited her sister's employer. Dixon's former campaign chairman and the owner of a company that employed her sister have pleaded guilty on tax charges as part of the probe. A raid on the mayor's private residence by state prosecutors on June 17, 2008, marked a more aggressive shift in the investigation, which has included subpoenas issued to city offices and employees.
Dixon attended Baltimore City public schools and is a graduate of Northwestern High School. She holds a bachelor's degree from Towson University and a master's degree from Johns Hopkins University. She began her career as a kindergarten teacher at Steuart Hill Elementary School and as an adult education instructor with the Head Start program. Dixon worked for 17 years as an international trade specialist with the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development. In 1986, she was elected to the Baltimore City State Central Committee representing the 40th Legislative District. In 1987, she won a seat on the Baltimore City Council representing the 4th Council District, where she served for 12 years. She became City Council president in 1999.
Twice divorced, Dixon is a single mom raising her two children, Jasmine and Joshua. She is the aunt of professional basketball player Juan Dixon.
Dixon has recently been the focus of an investigation into spending irregularities at City Hall. The probe, which dates to 2006, has examined possible gifts to the mayor from people doing business with the city and her votes on contracts as City Council president that benefited her sister's employer. Dixon's former campaign chairman and the owner of a company that employed her sister have pleaded guilty on tax charges as part of the probe. A raid on the mayor's private residence by state prosecutors on June 17, 2008, marked a more aggressive shift in the investigation, which has included subpoenas issued to city offices and employees.
Dixon attended Baltimore City public schools and is a graduate of Northwestern High School. She holds a bachelor's degree from Towson University and a master's degree from Johns Hopkins University. She began her career as a kindergarten teacher at Steuart Hill Elementary School and as an adult education instructor with the Head Start program. Dixon worked for 17 years as an international trade specialist with the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development. In 1986, she was elected to the Baltimore City State Central Committee representing the 40th Legislative District. In 1987, she won a seat on the Baltimore City Council representing the 4th Council District, where she served for 12 years. She became City Council president in 1999.
Twice divorced, Dixon is a single mom raising her two children, Jasmine and Joshua. She is the aunt of professional basketball player Juan Dixon.
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'Diva of Debris' cleans up system
Valentina Ukwuoma marches down an alley in East Baltimore, shaking her car keys in the air and yelling to get the attention of a city employee standing in the street about a half block away. Ukwuoma, who was named director of Baltimore's Bureau of...Tags: AFSCME, Voting, Employees, Regional Authority, College of Notre Dame
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Phelps gets a hometown welcome to Baltimore with parade, Star-Spangled salute
AP Sports WriterBALTIMORE (AP) _ Michael Phelps was formally welcomed home Saturday with a two-pronged celebration that began with a parade and ended with a fireworks show at historic Fort McHenry. Phelps was the focal point of the "Parade of Gold", which served as a...Tags: Awards and Prizes, Michael Phelps, Fort McHenry, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Beijing Games
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City firearm seizures drop 25 percent
Despite an increased emphasis on seizing illegal firearms, Baltimore police have taken about 25 percent fewer guns off the street this year and are making fewer gun arrests. City law enforcement officials said they were unsure how to account for the...Tags: Defense, Daniel Webster, Murder, Sexual Assault, Regional Authority
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Stone to return to former city school board post
A former Baltimore school board member got his old position back in an appointment announced yesterday by Mayor Sheila Dixon and Gov. Martin O'Malley. David Stone, 45, served on the board from 2002 to 2004, when he resigned to work as the school system's...Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Roland Park, Federal Hill, Regional Authority, Charter Schools
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Traffic restrictions expected for Phelps, Olympians celebration
By a Baltimore Sun reporterSaturday's celebrations of Michael Phelps and other local Olympians will cause significant traffic restrictions in Towson and near Fort McHenry in Baltimore. In Towson, Phelps' hometown, an afternoon "Parade of Gold" is planned for 3 p.m. Starting at 1:...Tags: Locust Point, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Fort McHenry, Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Martin O'Malley
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New subpoenas issued in Dixon case
The state prosecutor's office has issued a fresh round of subpoenas seeking information about four development projects, the latest chapter in a long-running probe focused at least in part on gifts Mayor Sheila Dixon received from a developer who received...Tags: Housing and Urban Planning, Interior Policy, Railway Transportation, State Budgets, Regional Authority
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A scramble for documents
Some City Council members are scrambling to provide documents to satisfy the latest demand for information by state prosecutors who want to know about four development projects related to a probe into City Hall spending. "They want correspondence, e-...Tags: Prosecution, Lawyers, Talmadge Branch, Contracts
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'Attack on character'
For Sgt. Carrie Everett, it's a matter of principle.
When a 27-year-old accused of killing his girlfriend wriggled free of his shackles last October and leaped to his death from the 10th floor of Mercy Medical Center, Everett was shaken - but confident...Tags: Suicide, Puerto Rico, Coppin State University, Murder, Hospitals and Clinics
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Fresh round of subpoenas issued in Dixon probe
The state prosecutor's office has issued a fresh round of subpoenas seeking information about four development projects, the latest chapter in a long-running probe focused at least in part on gifts Mayor Sheila Dixon received from a developer who received...Tags: Prosecution
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Baltimore fall cleanup planned for Oct. 18
The deadline is approaching for city communities to participate in Mayor Sheila Dixon's Fall Harvest Cleaning and Greening. The event, scheduled to start at 8 a.m. Oct. 18, will focus on how communities can transform dumping sites into green urban spaces,... -
City law to require gun owners to report stolen weapons
A new city law requiring gun-owners to notify police when their weapon is lost or stolen will help police track down the "bad guy with guns" said Baltimore City Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III Monday. "This is an added tool," Bealefeld...Tags: Punishment, Local Authority, Public Officials, Weaponry, Government
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Law to require gun owners to report stolen weapons
A new city law requiring gun owners to notify police when their weapon is lost or stolen will help police track down the "bad guy with guns" Baltimore City Police Commissioner Frederick H. Bealefeld III said yesterday. "This is an added tool,"...Tags: Punishment, Local Authority, Public Officials, Weaponry, Government
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