Backing Pelosi: A labor of love

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

A labor of love

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"… ict, her campaign cost about $1 million. The daughter and sister of former Baltimore mayors only narrowly won her primary (35 percent to 31 percent) but easily …"

Audit says legal aid boss charged taxpayers for club, car

By John Solomon and Laurel Adams

The head of a Louisiana legal aid group funded by the federal government routinely dined at a private club and drove a leased vehicle for pe

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"… tax dollars aimed at the poor were diverted to personal uses, including a Baltimore legal aid group executive accused of stealing more than $1 million, spendi …"

A few bad years for America’s mayors

By Josh Israel

Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon’s indictment by a grand jury for theft, perjury, and misconduct adds her to a long list of big-city mayors who

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"… and, Mayor Vincent “Buddy” Cianci convicted of racketeering conspiracy. …"

"… lm. Apparently the mayors want to give the governors a run for their money.Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon A brief trip through accusations of and convictions for …"

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Federal legal aid vulnerable to fraud, questions of conflicts and intimidation

By John Solomon

U.S. Assistant Attorney General Tony West hailed Maryland’s Legal Aid Bureau with a rousing speech a few weeks ago that equated the nonprofi

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"… elebration in which the group rented out a red-bricked banquet hall inside Baltimore’s Camden Yard’s baseball stadium.Unbeknownst to West at that moment, t …"

"… u’s former chief financial officer was charged in U.S. District Court in Baltimore with stealing, along with an accomplice, more than $1 million in federal, …"

"… ant recipients, in some cases over years without detection.Maryland caseIn Baltimore, federal prosecutors filed a criminal information on May 26 in U.S. Distri …"

"… for prostitutes, Schanz told the Center.King’s attorney, Warren Brown of Baltimore, did not return repeated phone calls to his office seeking comment. King h …"

It's their party: DNC demands boost cost of convention, paid for by special interests

By Meredith O'Brien

WASHINGTON, July 12, 2004 — On the way to running up an estimated $95 million tab for its 2004 presidential nominating convention in Boston,

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"… he process cost the cities, their visitors’ bureaus and private donors. (Baltimore, which submitted a proposal, dropped out.) (See “Wining and Dining the D …"

Witness says he rigged bids in property tax lien auctions in Maryland

By Fred Schulte and Scott Calvert

A Baltimore lawyer admits rigging bids in property tax lien auctions on behalf of Florida bank and other companies....

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"… t bought liens at annual sales auctions, newly unsealed court records show.Baltimore real estate attorney John Reiff said he and two law partners helped fix bi …"

"… property tax debts, called tax liens, sold by tax assessors at auctions in Baltimore and several other Maryland counties between 2003 and 2007, according to co …"

"… an seize homes from those who fail to pay.The bid rigging cost the city of Baltimore and surrounding counties money by artificially holding down bids, local of …"

"… nd I suppose, potentially others,” City Solicitor George Nilson told the Baltimore Sun. “Could I put a price tag on it? No.”Though the tax-lien industry …"

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Wall Street quietly creates a new way to profit from homeowner distress

By Fred Schulte

Gladys Walker, a retiree on Social Security, owed less than $1,000 in overdue property taxes on her modest Florida home. So why did Bank of

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"… ied on a subsidiary of JP Morgan to handle these duties.In Maryland, three Baltimore area men were sentenced earlier this year after pleading guilty to crimina …"

"… and halt what they consider excessive legal fees charged to homeowners.Two Baltimore area men convicted in the Maryland bid rigging investigation, for instance …"

"… on the case of Vicki Valentine, an unemployed mother of four who lost her Baltimore home over what began as an unpaid city water bill of $362. She was unable …"

Response: Mercyhurst responds

Dear Bob: While it has been interesting to observe the political fray developing in Washington, D.C., over a single intelligence training

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"… It is a beautiful six-hour drive to Erie, Pa., from Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, Md., and I am confident you’ll find a visit to our program worth the ti …"

From Wye Island to Wye Mills: Suburban Maryland sprawls to the Eastern Shore

By Travis Dunn

From Wye Island to Wye Mills: Suburban Maryland sprawls to the Eastern Shore

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"… transformed decaying downtowns into “festival marketplaces,” including Baltimore’s Harbor Place, Manhattan’s South Street Seaport and Boston’s Faneui …"

"… 7, Mark Gradecak — the planner who ran this regional office — drove to Baltimore to announce his intention to resign.While the state has no plans to replac …"

'Smart growth' goals frustrated by local authorities

By Dick Cooper

In a pasture, along a tree-lined road, a small herd of hefty black-and-white striped “Oreo cows” — more formally known as Belted Galloways —

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"… Virginia and southern Pennsylvania are being built to serve the Washington-Baltimore corridor “because everything between Washington and West Virginia has be …"

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