Highlights
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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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
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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...Tags: Regional Authority, State Budgets, Corruption, Values, Trials
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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
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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
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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
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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...Tags: Regional Authority, Enoch Pratt Free Library, David Gray, History, Family
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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
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Baltimore mayor faces trial for stealing gift cards; case could end her political career
Associated Press WriterBALTIMORE (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
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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
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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....Tags: Regional Authority, Scott Peterson, State Budgets, Kwame Kilpatrick, Values
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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.
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
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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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