Raid Signals More Trouble for Baltimore Mayor. "Sheila Dixon has reduced violent crime and gracefully handled a variety of crises since taking over as mayor in January 2007, but a two-year state investigation of her financial dealings as City Council president threatens to overshadow her successes.
Investigators searched Dixon's home for more than seven hours Tuesday, and five city employees were subpoenaed to testify before a grand jury."
This AP story (in addition to being totally softball) goes on for 575 words and not one mention of this woman's party affiliation. Why is that?
Ms. Dixon's former boss, Martin O'Malley, went on to become Governor of the state of Maryland, and his party affiliation is mentioned in the first sentence, of the first paragraph, in this story, about how he and other democratic governors will attend a
Ms. Dixon was appointed in 2007 to finish out Martin O'Malley's term as Baltimore's mayor, so my guess is the AP wishes to have of us guess as to Ms. Dixon's party affiliation?
Name that party!
*Please note that since this is an AP story, and I fairly used some portion of it, make a donation, will ya? - the AP may want a pound of this hamster's flesh....
That is all. And name that party!
