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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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3 subpoenas are withdrawn in Dixon case
Baltimore Sun reporterThree subpoenas for witnesses in the criminal case against Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon were withdrawn Thursday after her attorneys objected to the legal move by the state prosecutor. The prosecutor, Robert A. Rohrbaugh, attempted to call two current...Tags: Trials, Regional Authority, Prosecution, Employees, Witnesses
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Prosecutors withdraw 3 subpoenas in Dixon case
The Associated PressProsecutors have withdrawn three subpoenas in their criminal case against Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon after Dixon's attorneys accused the prosecution of abusing the grand jury process. State Prosecutor Robert A. Rohrbaugh had sought to subpoena two...Tags: Prosecution, Lawyers, Employees
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Task force to fight animal abuse in Baltimore
Baltimore Sun reporterIn the wake of a spate of highly publicized cases of animal cruelty, Baltimore has created a task force to curb such crimes. Mayor Sheila Dixon announced Tuesday the creation of the Anti-Animal Abuse Task Force, a group including representatives from...Tags: Animals
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Dixon seeks to block subpoenas
Baltimore Sun reporterAttorneys for Mayor Sheila Dixon have moved to block the state prosecutor's attempt to get additional information from one current and one former city employee he has called to testify before a grand jury. The lawyers filed a motion this week to quash...Tags: Trials, Regional Authority, Prosecution, Lawyers, Witnesses
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City task force to examine animal cruelty
In the wake of a spate of highly publicized cases of gruesome animal cruelty, Baltimore has created a task force to curb such crimes.
Mayor Sheila Dixon announced on Wednesday the creation of the Anti-Animal Abuse Task Force, a group including...Tags: Bob Anderson, Animals
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Indy race would be safe, organizers contend
Baltimore Sun reporterThey do it in St. Petersburg, Fla., Toronto and Long Beach, Calif. But is Baltimore the proper setting for an IndyCar race on a looping, 2.4-mile street course around the convention center and Camden Yards? Organizers of the proposed Baltimore Grand...Tags: Regional Authority, Indianapolis 500, Dining and Drinking, Restaurants, Ray Lewis
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Baltimore speed-camera measure advances
Baltimore Sun reporterA proposal that would allow speed cameras to be installed around school and construction zones in Baltimore passed the first round of City Council voting Tuesday. If the measure passes, the cameras could be in use by October. "It's a start to really...Tags: Transportation, Road Transportation
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'Baltimore Grand Prix' could start in 2011
A Baltimore group is in serious negotiations with the city and the IndyCar Series about staging an annual street race beginning in 2011 near the Inner Harbor that state and city officials say could rival the Preakness in its economic impact and national...Tags: Indianapolis 500, Equestrian, Maryland Science Center, Research, Labor Day
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Petition asks Dixon's removal from office
A Baltimore man petitioned Tuesday to have Mayor Sheila Dixon removed from office, arguing in court papers that Dixon "holds power unlawfully" because she was sworn into office by Gov. Martin O'Malley instead of by the city's clerk of the court.
The...Tags: Regional Authority, Primaries, Government, Local Elections, Executive Branch
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Baltimore still losing population
Baltimore Sun reporterBaltimore's population continues to drop, losing 3,231 people during the year that ended July 1, 2008, according to new census estimates released Wednesday. Except for a small uptick in 2006, the city's population has been on a half-century decline....Tags: Prince George's County, Population, Demographics, Population and Census
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They stoop to conquer
There's no need to scoot over. Baltimore's favorite stoop is about to get a lot more wiggle room.
Stoop Storytelling, the series in which local residents tell unscripted anecdotes about their lives, has been a hit since its debut performance in...Tags: Judy Garland, Edgar Allan Poe, Family, David Simon, Mickey Rooney
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Overdose deaths drop again
Deaths from alcohol and drug overdoses declined for the second straight year in Baltimore and are at their lowest level since 1995, when the city began recording the data, according to a Health Department report released today. In 2008, 176 people died...Tags: OxyContin, Symptoms, Behavioral Conditions, University of Maryland Medical Center, Health Treatments
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