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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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Dixon supports slots
Promising that revenue from slots machines would provide a "significant and permanent reduction" in city property taxes, Mayor Sheila Dixon and other local elected officials yesterday urged city residents to vote for a November ballot measure to expand...Tags: Local Authority, State Budgets, Referenda, Regional Authority, Property Tax
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City to fund dog park in Locust Point
Mayor Sheila Dixon plans to announce today that the city is spending $150,000 to design and build a dog park in Latrobe Park, a grassy field wedged between Fort Avenue and Interstate 95 in Locust Point. The site for the new park is already a destination...Tags: Locust Point, Regional Authority
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Mayor Dixon warns city may consider layoffs
Mayor Sheila Dixon said yesterday that she would consider layoffs as one way to shore up the city's budget, which she said "does not look good." She said that agency heads are reviewing all capital projects to see if any can be postponed so belt-...Tags: Unemployment, Layoffs and Downsizing
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Uplands contract raises questions
Baltimore's Board of Estimates awarded a $4 million contract for the Uplands redevelopment yesterday to a firm whose bid did not meet city women- and minority-owned business guidelines, passing over two firms that followed the city's policies and...Tags: Lawyers, Business Enterprises, Contracts
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Dixon decries plaza crime
Mayor Sheila Dixon yesterday questioned the follow-up investigations of crimes in the shopping center where a former city councilman was killed last month and said officials plan to announce a crackdown on shopping center owners to hold them accountable...Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Theft
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City judges to name lawyers for poor defendants
Baltimore judges will take over the job of appointing private attorneys to represent poor defendants when the public defender's office can't, the city's chief district judge announced yesterday at a meeting of criminal justice officials. In more than 2,...Tags: Judges, Court Administration, Defendants, Prosecution, Lawyers
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Death figures show need for action, Dixon says
On average, a Baltimore resident dies six years earlier then other state residents, Mayor Sheila Dixon said yesterday in an address to the Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dixon called for greater involvement by city hospitals...Tags: Johns Hopkins University, Death and Dying
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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: Transportation, Employees, Unions, Political Campaigns, 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: Talmadge Branch, Lawyers, Prosecution, Contracts
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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: Talmadge Branch, Nathaniel J McFadden, Interior Policy, Transportation, State Budgets
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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, Weaponry, Regional Authority, Firearms
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Towson, city traffic restrictions set in Phelps events
Today's celebrations of Michael Phelps and other local Olympians will cause significant traffic restrictions today in Towson and near Fort McHenry in Baltimore. In Towson, Phelps' hometown, an afternoon "Parade of Gold" is planned for 3 p.m. Starting...Tags: Waterway and Maritime Transportation Industry, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Fort McHenry, Locust Point, Martin O'Malley
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