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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 president that benefite...
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 benefite...
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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Current arena site deemed best spot for new venue
Sun reporterState and city leaders have decided that the best location for a new arena in Baltimore is the site of the current 1st Mariner Arena downtown, rejecting proposals to build a new sports and concert venue on the waterfront or in struggling neighborhoods,...Tags: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Martin O'Malley, 1st Mariner Arena, Ed Hale, M&T Bank Stadium
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City takes next step in cleanup campaign
Sun reporterLaunching the next step in what is expected to be a larger media campaign, Baltimore officials said Wednesday that they will soon emblazon trash trucks and garbage cans with new slogans intended to reduce littering. The campaign is more edgy than past...Tags: Elections, Political Candidates, House
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New arena seen at current spot
Sun ReporterThe Baltimore Development Corp. is expected to announce today that it has narrowed the list of potential sites for a new arena, and several developers believe the current location of the 1st Mariner Arena will be chosen for the new venue. Many of the...Tags: 1st Mariner Arena, Ed Hale, M&T Bank Stadium
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Target opens at mall in city
Sun reporterTarget - the big-box store with the bull's eye logo and funky TV ads - has arrived in Baltimore. Elected officials and business leaders celebrated the grand opening of the city's first Target at Mondawmin Mall last night, heralding it as vote of...Tags: Roland Park, Renee Zellweger, Guilford (Baltimore, Maryland), Government, Federal Hill
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Robert E. Lee Park footbridge closed for repair
Sun reporterBaltimore officials closed a footbridge at Robert E. Lee Park Tuesday, shutting a passageway to one of the city's most popular dog-walking areas. An independent contractor recently completed a structural assessment of the bridge and identified several...Tags: Heavy Engineering
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New leadership boosts the city
Since moving to Baltimore in 1984, I have never been more hopeful for the future of our city. The recently released test scores for Baltimore's schools tell me we have finally found a superintendent of schools who understands what is necessary for the...Tags: Examinations, Teaching and Learning
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Steel drum of grease leaking in city alley
THE PROBLEM A barrel of old kitchen grease has been sitting behind an abandoned fast-food restaurant for months. THE BACKSTORY Louis Fields had been calling city officials and agencies for more than two months, trying to get a steel drum removed from...Tags: Government, Public Officials, Property, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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City plastic-bag ban fails
Sun reporterLegislation that would have made Baltimore the second city in the nation to ban plastic bags at grocery stores and retail chains was killed by the full City Council last night. Intended to keep plastic bags from clogging waterways, the proposal would...Tags: Groceries, Environmental Cleanup
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Night life focus of bill
Sun reporterBaltimore's night scene, from dance clubs and karaoke bars to stand-up comedy and poetry slams, could get a boost under a bill expected to be introduced today in the City Council. The proposal, sponsored by City Council President Stephanie C. Rawlings-...Tags: Fells Point, Regional Authority, Hotels and Accommodations, Federal Hill, Dance
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Obama's rhetoric on responsibility has local echoes
While she was reviving the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People chapter in Baltimore, Lillie May Jackson was regarded as something of a screamer. She was in the face of authority so persistently that white judges, among others,...Tags: Elections, Political Candidates, Barack Obama, NAACP, Local Elections
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