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Fur coats - gone.
Jimmy Choos - gone.
Lavish hotel stays. Shopping sprees. Mysterious cash deposits coming just in time to cover the AmEx bill. Gone. Gone. Gone.
Does anybody else feel like they've just been dumped, not by a sugar-daddy/developer, but by Circuit Court Judge Dennis Sweeney, who just took all the fun out of the corruption case against Mayor SheilaDixon?
Yes, Her Honor still faces charges that she took gift cards meant for needy families and spent them on herself. Still scummy, if true, and the mayor says it's not.
But Circuit City, Target and Best Buy are decidedly lacking in sex appeal.
"It doesn't give the story quite the life" it had before Sweeney's order to dismiss some charges against Dixon, said University of Baltimore professor Byron Warnken.
There's a lesson here for lovers and journalists alike:
Don't get too wrapped up in the merchandise. You'll only get your heart broken.
The state prosecutor charged three people in his long-running City Hall corruption probe, but only one of them, City Councilwoman Helen Holton, braved the TV cameras and appeared in court last month, as defense lawyers for all three argued that the cases should be dismissed.
Now Holton is the only one who doesn't have to come back to court to stand trial (unless the prosecutor gets her charges reinstated on appeal).
Judge Sweeney also tossed out five of the 12 counts against Mayor Dixon, but she still has to answer for the rest. The judge denied developer Ron Lipscomb'smotion to dismiss the case against him.
Holton seems to think it's over, judging by an e-mail message she shot out to supporters Thursday even before she'd had a chance to sit down with her lawyer. If her troubles really are behind her, she should thank:
A. God
B. "Prayer Warriors"
C. Legislative immunity
D. All of the above
The answer is D, though the Rev. Holton only gives props to the Almighty and a host of prayerful combatants in the e-mail.
Jimmy Choos - gone.
Lavish hotel stays. Shopping sprees. Mysterious cash deposits coming just in time to cover the AmEx bill. Gone. Gone. Gone.
Does anybody else feel like they've just been dumped, not by a sugar-daddy/developer, but by Circuit Court Judge Dennis Sweeney, who just took all the fun out of the corruption case against Mayor SheilaDixon?
Yes, Her Honor still faces charges that she took gift cards meant for needy families and spent them on herself. Still scummy, if true, and the mayor says it's not.
But Circuit City, Target and Best Buy are decidedly lacking in sex appeal.
"It doesn't give the story quite the life" it had before Sweeney's order to dismiss some charges against Dixon, said University of Baltimore professor Byron Warnken.
There's a lesson here for lovers and journalists alike:
Don't get too wrapped up in the merchandise. You'll only get your heart broken.
Holton's heavenly help
Maybe you get points for showing up.The state prosecutor charged three people in his long-running City Hall corruption probe, but only one of them, City Councilwoman Helen Holton, braved the TV cameras and appeared in court last month, as defense lawyers for all three argued that the cases should be dismissed.
Now Holton is the only one who doesn't have to come back to court to stand trial (unless the prosecutor gets her charges reinstated on appeal).
Judge Sweeney also tossed out five of the 12 counts against Mayor Dixon, but she still has to answer for the rest. The judge denied developer Ron Lipscomb'smotion to dismiss the case against him.
Holton seems to think it's over, judging by an e-mail message she shot out to supporters Thursday even before she'd had a chance to sit down with her lawyer. If her troubles really are behind her, she should thank:
A. God
B. "Prayer Warriors"
C. Legislative immunity
D. All of the above
The answer is D, though the Rev. Holton only gives props to the Almighty and a host of prayerful combatants in the e-mail.
