The Baltimore Democrat mayor is resigning in the face of mounting corruption charges from the FBI. Fox News reports:
Baltimore’s embattled Mayor Catherine Pugh resigned Thursday amid state and federal investigations into whether she used bulk sales of her self-published children’s book “Heathy Holly” to disguise kickbacks.
The announcement, effective immediately, ends weeks of uncertainty surrounding the first-term Democratic mayor.
“Sorry for the harm that I have caused to the image of the city of Baltimore and to the credibility of the office of the mayor,” Pugh’s attorney read in a statement from her. “Baltimore deserves a mayor who can move our great city forward.”
Calls for Pugh to resign had intensified in the past few days. Instead of making a decision, though, Pugh stayed holed up inside her three-story home for nearly a month. Her lawyers said she was too fragile to make a decision but residents and members of her own party grew weary of her open-ended retreat and demanded she either step up or step aside.
Baltimore is a know cesspool of corruption, something that ultimately happens in a one-party jurisdiction. Hopefully, more political competition will break the political machine and restore honest government in the city.
Baltimore politics crooked? No surprise there!
Well what can be expected, after all Baltimore is where Pelosie grew up . She learned all the skills her father had in corrupted politics.
Baltimore may be beyond redemption. Having once lived there under the tyranny of 3 Democrat mayors and city councils, a once-great city is unlivable for traditional, rational, decent humans.
Now that she has “national name recognition” will she throw her hat in the Demented-Dem Primary Clown Show? ?
“National Name Recognition” and being a Crook are the first two requirements to run.
You got that 100% Right!
Black demorat. Nuff said.
Typical Upity Negro mentality
“Baltimore deserves a mayor who can move our great city forward.”
-You’re correct. Anyone but a Demonrat liberal.
Cannot compare to Chicago
The smart people move out of these cities that have become over run by minorities. The cities lose their tax base and they go into a downward spiral. Don’t care about racist, bigot, whatever. Look at Detroit, Flint, Chicago, New Orleans…
“The cities lose their tax base and they go into a downward spiral. Don’t care about racist, bigot, whatever. Look at Detroit, Flint, Chicago, New Orleans…”
Not to mention Venezuela.
Another corrupt democrat, who knew. Lol
Crooked politicians should be JAILED no matter what party they belong to! Now that Mueller’s witch hunt is over, it’s time to go after the known political crooks that have been out there in plain sight the whole time.
I wouldn’t give you 10 cents for anyone in Congress with a D next to their name!!!
She needs to move to Illinois run for governor or mayor of Chicago.
She isn’t that crooked. You can’t put beginners in the Big Show.