Posted on 09/13/2015 4:13:36 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Former Baltimore mayor focuses on crime
BALTIMORE —Shelia Dixon officially kicked off her mayoral campaign Sunday, and she's hoping to convince voters to put her back in office.
Dixon was mayor from 2007 to 2010 before resigning as part of a plea agreement after being found guilty on one misdemeanor count of fraudulent misappropriation. Dixon received probation after the conviction, which stemmed in large part from charges that she misappropriated gift cards intended for the poor. She also served 500 hours of community service and donated $45,000 to two HIV charities.
She wants voters to give her a second shot at running the city, saying voters can have confidence in who she is and what she can do.
Crime was a major issue when Dixon ran in 2007, with the homicide rate that was on pace to top 300. She endorsed community policing, and, as mayor, she belonged to the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition.
In the wake of this weekend's multiple homicides and shootings, Dixon said she has what it takes to stop the violence.
"We were targeting the most violent offenders; getting our police officers out of the cars, into the community, getting to know the neighbors, getting to know those communities they represent; getting illegal guns off of the street through our gun registry. So I have a track record of reducing the crime," Dixon said.
Under Dixon a citywide smoking ban was passed, and she allocated record funding for cleanup campaigns, strengthened youth recreation centers and pushed developers to hire locally.
She’s a Democrat criminal? She’s got this one in the bag. Fraudulent Misappropriation? That’s even better.
Marion Barry would be good for that job. Is he still dead?
She’s a shoe in
Shoo in
Her resignation created the current empty skirt in the mayor’s office. baltimore is such a disaster that they are alternating between convicts and incompetents.
The incredible thing is she sounds light years better than the cretin in office now.
Just think of Baltimore as a mini Zimbabwe and it’s easier to understand.
A perfect candidate for Mayor if Kermit Gosnell can’t get probation in time....if you are scraping the pond for scum, you might as well get the best!
“charges that she misappropriated gift cards intended for the poor”
How could such a cretin launch a re-election campaign in a city where everyone is poor?
Evidently, besides everyone being poor, everyone is also stupid.
Do you need to ask?
‘Why do you rob banks?’
‘Because that’s where the money is...’
Goes double for ‘civil service.’
Baltimore sets such high quality standards for their mayors
Einstein (attribution): [Insanity is] doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
You have a CRIMINAL who STOLE money because she was in a position of power. So you should reelect her to the same position and expect honest government? Are you INSANE?!
I assume she’s of Scandinavian decent.
Send her Home Depot gift cards ,,, she’ll know what to do .
BLACK LIES MATTER
She’s going for the LGBT vote. Obviously, the lady has a huge pair of balls..
She’s a Democrat criminal? She’s got this one in the bag. Fraudulent Misappropriation? That’s even better.
Is such a thing as a legal misappropriation?
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