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Sheila Dixon

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Sheila Dixon

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...
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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 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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    Nov 8, 2009 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  1. The key players

    These people will play key roles in the trial: Sheila Dixon Former City Council president and mayor of Baltimore since 2007, she stands accused of stealing gift cards intended for needy families. Ronald H. Lipscomb Prominent developer and one-time...

    Tags: Regional Authority, Marvin Mandel, Trials, Family, Judges

  2. Nov 8, 2009 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  3. Time for answers

    The first public corruption trial against Mayor Sheila Dixon, on charges of theft and embezzlement in connection with the use of gift cards meant for the city's needy at Christmastime, begins Monday. Ever the fighter, ever defiant, Mayor Dixon has said she will attend her trial (as well as the one yet to come on charges of perjury), and in recent days she has said she is looking forward to it because the truth will finally come out.
    The first public corruption trial against Mayor Sheila Dixon, on charges of theft and embezzlement in connection with the use of gift cards meant for the city's needy at Christmastime, begins Monday. Ever the fighter, ever defiant, Mayor Dixon has said...

    Tags: Regional Authority, State Budgets, Corruption, Values, Trials

  4. Nov 8, 2009 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  5. The charges, possible penalties Dixon faces

    What the mayor faces These are the charges, and possible penalties, that Mayor Sheila Dixon faces at her trial beginning Monday: CHARGES Count 1: Felony theft, of gift cards worth more than $500 from developer Patrick Turner. Count 2: Felony theft, of...

    Tags: Regional Authority, Theft, Punishment, Values, Ethics

  6. Nov 8, 2009 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  7. Reading between the lines of the Dixon indictment

    Dec. 21, 2006, was a long and busy day for then-City Council President Sheila Dixon. According to an article in The Baltimore Sun, she arrived at a meeting of the Baltimore Development Corp. just as it was about to end. Its members had voted to recommend...

    Tags: Sony Corp., Best Buy Company Inc., Regional Authority, M&T Bank Stadium, Trials

  8. Nov 8, 2009 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  9. Timeline of mayor's legal issues

    Key developments Here's how the legal issues for Mayor Sheila Dixon have unfolded over the years: July 27, 2003: The Baltimore Sun reveals that then-City Council President Sheila Dixon and nine council members have hired relatives as paid assistants...

    Tags: Regional Authority, State Budgets, Values, Criminals, Harbor East

  10. Nov 8, 2009 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  11. After nearly 4-year probe, Baltimore mayor to get day in court

    It was a day packed with official events for Mayor Sheila Dixon: approving millions of dollars in contracts at a Board of Estimates meeting, holding a news conference to urge parents to vaccinate their children against swine flu, pushing health care reform at a town hall meeting, surprising a Baltimore school with a visit, even playing bingo at a senior center that she had fought to keep open.
    It was a day packed with official events for Mayor Sheila Dixon: approving millions of dollars in contracts at a Board of Estimates meeting, holding a news conference to urge parents to vaccinate their children against swine flu, pushing health care...

    Tags: Regional Authority, Enoch Pratt Free Library, David Gray, History, Family

  12. Nov 7, 2009 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  13. Housing units to be renovated using stimulus funds

    About 270 dilapidated public housing units will be renovated and equipped with energy-efficient fixtures with $66 million in federal stimulus funds, city officials announced Friday. The money will be used to renovate about 240 individual vacant public...

    Tags: Housing and Urban Planning, Interior Policy, Energy Saving

  14. Nov 7, 2009 |Story| Associated Press
  15. Baltimore mayor faces trial for stealing gift cards; case could end her political career

    Associated Press Writer
    BALTIMORE (AP) — The accusations that Mayor Sheila Dixon used holiday gift cards for the needy during personal shopping sprees may sound like a minor embarrassment at worst, a small-time case of a politician enjoying the perks of power. For Dixon,...

    Tags: Regional Authority, Best Buy Company Inc., David Gray, Heads of State, Local Elections

  16. Nov 5, 2009 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  17. Another reason to live in the county: Dixon's $4,500 vacation

    Regarding Mayor Sheila Dixon charging taxpayers $4,500 for security while she was on vacation ("City OK's $4,500 for Dixon vacation escort," Nov. 5), you have got to be kidding! First, $1,900 for a vehicle rental for 10 days? Kindly provide me with the...

    Tags: Vehicles, Rental Service, Timonium, Trips and Vacations

  18. Nov 6, 2009 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  19. Waiting to learn who pays Dixon's legal bills

    Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon's legal bills, racked up during a years-long corruption probe that has led her to enlist seven criminal defense attorneys for a theft trial next week, could run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars, legal observers say.
    Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon's legal bills, racked up during a years-long corruption probe that has led her to enlist seven criminal defense attorneys for a theft trial next week, could run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars, legal observers say....

    Tags: Regional Authority, Scott Peterson, State Budgets, Kwame Kilpatrick, Values

  20. Nov 5, 2009 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  21. Parents' response to swine flu vaccination effort lags

    With a citywide schools vaccination program to combat swine flu just days away, Baltimore officials are concerned about the low number of consent forms they have received from parents.
    With a citywide schools vaccination program to combat swine flu just days away, Baltimore officials are concerned about the low number of consent forms they have received from parents. Of 80,000 forms sent home last week, just 1,800 have been returned,...

    Tags: Enoch Pratt Free Library, Vaccines, Pharmaceuticals, Epidemics and Plagues, Swine Flu

  22. Nov 4, 2009 |Story| Baltimore Sun
  23. State panel to consider 2 soccer stadium projects in Baltimore

    The Maryland Stadium Authority will study the potential for a 7,000-seat soccer stadium south of M&T Bank Stadium, a $30 million proposal by the city's minor-league, outdoor soccer club that would help anchor a sports and entertainment district near the...

    Tags: Economic Policy, Scott Peterson, M&T Bank Stadium, Finance, Dining and Drinking

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Sheila Dixon Photos
After a nearly 4-year probe, the mayor will face charge...
(November 4, 2009)
Sheila Dixon
, left, talks with Deirdre Parker, whose stepdaughter,...
(November 4, 2009)
Mayor with Parker's parents
Mayor Sheila Dixon isn't saying how her legal bills wil...
(November 3, 2009)
Mayor Sheila Dixon