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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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Judge acts to put jury at ease
As the trial of Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon drew to a close last week, Judge Dennis M. Sweeney descended from his courtroom dais and spoke to jurors at their own level, rather than from on high. His positioning for the reading of jury instructions was...Tags: Legal Services, Colleges and Universities, Theft, Prosecution, Laws
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Welcome back, Ms. Pink
The giant pink flamingo that hung over Baltimore's Cafe Hon until it was netted last month by an overzealous city housing inspector is back. We're glad to see the kitschy fowl return to roost in the spot from which it never should have been shooed away....Tags: Cafe Hon, Hampden
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Casting call: Picking stars for Dixon trial movie
The real-life drama of Mayor Sheila Dixon's criminal trial is still unfolding, but it's not too early to start thinking about the inevitable. Who will star in the movie version of this gripping tale? I haven't come up with a title just yet - "The...Tags: Quentin Tarantino, John Lithgow, Amy Adams, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (movie), Jada Pinkett Smith
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Small raise proposed for officials
A citizens commission is recommending modest pay increases for the next Howard County executive and five-member council, despite falling revenues from the recession that forced officials this year to voluntarily cut their own pay via donations. The...Tags: Local Authority, Local Elections, Wages and Pensions, Economic Indicator, CEO Pay
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Dixon jurors feeling the heat
Baltimore jurors deciding whether to convict Mayor Sheila Dixon on theft-related charges signaled Friday for the second straight day that deliberations have been tense. They left the courthouse before reaching a verdict and will return Monday for a...Tags: Lisa A Gladden, Theft, Lawyers, Judges, Regional Authority
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Mayor's decisions on 'recovery zone' projects expected soon
Nineteen development teams have applied to take advantage of $30.8 million in funding assistance available to construct or rehabilitate buildings within a newly created "recovery zone" in Baltimore. The Baltimore Development Corp. announced Friday that...Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Locust Point, Tourism and Leisure, Fells Point, Guilford (Baltimore, Maryland)
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Council panel sets hearing to probe City Foundation
A Baltimore City Council committee has scheduled a hearing Dec. 2 to investigate the operations of the Baltimore City Foundation. Councilman James B. Kraft, chairman of the judiciary and legislative investigations committee, said he plans to ask...Tags: Government, Public Officials
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Rumblings from the jury room may echo emotions in the city
I was ready to hand over my tickets to the Springsteen concert and tell them, "You need these more than I do, have a blast." If only I had 12 to Sunday's Ravens game. "Do something nice," Judge Dennis M. Sweeney told the jurors in Mayor Sheila Dixon's...Tags: Regional Authority, Trials
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Dixon jury sent home until Monday
Baltimore Sun reportersThe jury in the criminal theft trial of Mayor Sheila Dixon was dismissed for the day a few minutes before 4 p.m. Friday, with deliberations set to resume at 9 a.m. Monday. Jury deliberations continued well into the afternoon as 12 city residents decide...Tags: Criminals, Children, Theft, Prosecution, Homes
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Dixon's fate in jurors' hands
Baltimore Sun reportersTwelve Baltimore residents are now deciding the fate of Mayor Sheila Dixon, who stands accused of five criminal charges involving theft or embezzlement of gift cards. The jurors deliberated for about four hours Thursday, sending the judge several...Tags: Criminals, Children, Theft, Homes, Prosecution
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Citizens' panel backs pay raise for Howard officials
A citizens' commission is tentatively recommending modest pay increases for the next Howard County executive and five-member council, despite falling revenues from the recession that forced officials this year to voluntarily cut their own pay via...Tags: Unemployment, Local Authority, Local Elections, Wages and Pensions, Economic Indicator
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City Hall awaits verdict on Dixon
Ask employees how life has been in City Hall for the past two weeks and most will say: "It's business as usual." Officials have reviewed plans for a proposed slots complex, discussed how to keep the poor warm this winter and voted on new rules for crisis...Tags: Cafe Hon, Regional Authority, Trials, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Federal Hill
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