City Councilwoman Holton will go on trial Dec. 7

September 3, 2009

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Baltimore Councilwoman Helen L. Holton will go on trial Dec. 7 on charges that she violated campaign finance laws. "Ms. Holton would like to have this case finished," her lawyer Joshua R. Treem said Wednesday after a brief hearing at which the trial date was set. Holton was indicted in late July in connection with a political poll for which Baltimore developers Ronald H. Lipscomb and John Paterakis paid $12,500. State law limits campaign donations to $4,000 from individual contributors per four-year election cycle.

- Annie Linskey

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Since she mailed Lipscomb the bill for the poll, it's obvious she wasn't trying to hide anything. It's a campaign violation but why is taxpayer money going to prosecute this when there are other, bigger travesties of justice that need to be taken care of?

ryka8 (09/03/2009, 5:58 PM )

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