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Ethics Complaint Filed Against Rikki Spector

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June 16, 10:35 PM

by Adam Meister, Baltimore Politics Examiner

A formal complaint has been filed against Councilwoman Rikki Spector with the Baltimore City Board of Ethics. You can view a copy of the first page of the official complaint here.

As you can read the complaint is based on Spector casting the deciding vote on bill 08-0117 (The Urban Renewal - Key Highway - Amendment) while it was still in committee. Rikki Spector lives in the HarborView development (even though she is supposed to live in and represent a district in Northwest Baltimore) and has received campaign contributions from the developer. It is important to note that the 3 councilmen (Cole, Reisinger, and Kraft) representing districts on the water voted against this amendment.

Even if the ethics board lets this slide the final say is really with Mayor Dixon. She has the final say in making the amendment official. We will be watching....

Candidates Account	Contributor Name(Address)	Amount	Date Received	Contribution Type
Dixon, Sheila Friends For	Harborview Limited Partnership No. 7 (500 Harborview Drive 3rd Floor, Baltimore, MD, 21230)	$250.00	04/23/2007	Business Entity
Dixon, Sheila Friends For	HARBORVIEW LIMITED PARTNERSHIP NO.3 (500 HARBORVIEW DRIVE, 3RD FL. , BALTIMORE, MD, 21230)	$500.00	08/04/2003	Business Entity
Dixon, Sheila Friends For	HARBORVIEW LIMITED PARTNERSHIP NO.3 (112 E. 25TH STREET , BALTIMORE, MD, 21218)	$250.00	05/22/2001	Ticket purchases by Business Entity Remarks: 2001 PRAYER BREAKFAST
Spector, Rikki Friends Of	Harborview (112 E. 25th St. , Baltimore, MD, 21218)	$500.00	12/05/2000	Business Entity
Dixon, Sheila Friends For	Richard Swirnow (500 Harbor View Dr 3rd Floor, Baltimore, MD, 21230-5415)	$250.00	04/05/2006	Individual
Spector, Rikki Friends Of	RICHARD SWIRNOW (114 E. 25TH STREET , BALTIMORE, MD, 21212)	$500.00	05/15/2003	Individual

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Mayor Dixon may fire city workers

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October 10, 12:52 PM

The Sun is reporting that Mayor Dixon may consider laying off city employees because of the turbulent budget situation. This is a great sign! I can assure you that the national economic crisis that we are witnessing is going to hit municipal governments... Read More
Topics: Sheila Dixon , Budget , layoffs

Only in Baltimore- When An Attempted Armed Robbery Becomes A Property Crime

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October 9, 11:55 PM

This Sun article explains how the gun that was used to murder Ken Harris was also used at an attempted armed robbery at the same shopping center back in January. The attempted robbery back in January was not classified as an attempted robbery though.... Read More
Topics: crime , Sheila Dixon , Ken Harris

Grandstanding Elijah Cummings Complains About AIG After Giving $1 Trillion Of Our Money Away

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October 8, 1:35 PM

This entire bailout situation disgusts me. It makes me even sicker to see a grandstanding Elijah Cummings complain about AIG after giving $1 Trillion of tax payer money to equally corrupt entities. You can watch the video below: Congressman Cummings... Read More
Topics: bailout , Elijah Cummings

Video From NAACP Meeting About Slots- What the Mayor And Governor Really Thought

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October 7, 3:35 PM

The following is a must see video from the NAACP meeting about slots: It starts out with some theatrics from Doc Cheatham, but intertwined with his sometimes hilarious words are hard disgraceful facts about Martin O'Malley and Sheila Dixon.... Read More
Topics: Martin O'Malley , Sheila Dixon , Jill Carter , NAACP , Doc Cheatham , Heber Brown , Peter Franchot

Pigtown's Frustration Evident At Crime Summit

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October 6, 9:16 AM

The people of Pigtown have been very frustrated with the revolving door criminal justice system of Baltimore for the past few years. I have posted summaries that dealt with crime summits they have held to address specific concerns. Below is an email... Read More
Topics: Patricia Jessamy , pigtown , Dan Cosgrove

Shame On Elijah Cummings And The Maryland Congressional Delegation.

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October 4, 1:33 PM

The irresponsible banker bailout bill was approved by congress and signed into law by the President this week. Roscoe Bartlett was the only member of the Maryland congressional delegation who voted against it. I am appalled that Elijah Cummings voted... Read More
Topics: Elijah Cummings , Roscoe Bartlett

Report From The Live Entertainment Ordinance Hearing

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October 3, 12:15 PM

Yesterday at City Hall there was a hearing to discuss the proposed live entertainment ordinance (read the official legislative file here). Below is an email I received that describes what happened at the hearing. In these times of economic uncertainty... Read More
Topics: Federal Hill , Stephanie Rawlings-Blake , Live Entertainment

Sheila Dixon And 2101 East Biddle Street

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October 2, 3:14 PM

Today the Sun came out with an informative piece about the Mayor Dixon investigation. It appears that the state is interested in investigating four development projects with which Ronald H. Lipscomb is involved. The Sun mentions a project at 2101 East... Read More
Topics: Sheila Dixon , Ronald Lipscomb

Dixon, Slots, And More.

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October 1, 8:52 PM

Rosh Hashanah is over so I am back to naming names and exposing the underbelly of local politics. WBAL TV finally gave us a Mayor Dixon investigation update on Tuesday. So far they are the only media outlet to give a recent update about this saga. One... Read More
Topics: Slots , Sheila Dixon , Square Off , Jill Carter , Doni Glover