Culture of Corruption: Baltimore Edition!

The Mayor of Baltimore has been indicted on 12 counts.  Even more shocking is the fact that it only took the Baltimore Sun 3 paragraphs to tag her as a Democrat:

Baltimore Mayor Sheila A. Dixon was charged today in a 12-count indictment, according to the Maryland State Prosecutor's Office's Web site.

Dixon was charged with perjury, theft, fraudulent misappropriation and misconduct, stemming in part from gifts she received from former boyfriend and developer Ronald H. Lipscomb, who was also charged earlier this week.

Dixon, a Democrat, has been the target of a nearly three-year probe by State Prosecutor Robert A. Rohrbaugh into corruption at City Hall, an investigation that has centered on allegations that Dixon has used her office to award lucrative contracts to various people including her sister, her then-boyfriend and her former campaign chairman.

That sounds pretty damning, but we shouldn't think that this reflects on the Democratic Party as a whole.  It's just One (Wo)Man's Crime^tm.  Funny how that works, eh?

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