The world according to Riff.

A little sumtin sumtin I found that caught my eye.....whats up with this rash of demo's getting busted for a variety of different little indiscretions....I think maybe it's a liberal implosion....riff

Mayor Sheila Dixon has been accused of secretly accepting more than $20,000 worth of gifts from developers doing business with the city, sometimes masking it as charity to needy Baltimore families, according to a 12-count indictment handed up Friday.

Included in the indictment is $17,000 worth of purchases from one developer, identified only as “Developer A,” in 2003. Those purchases include travel to New York and Chicago and trips to high-end stores such as Saks Fifth Avenue. Previous published reports identified that developer as Dixon’s former boyfriend, Doracon Contracting Co. owner Ron Lipscomb, who was indicted for bribery along with City Councilwoman Helen Holton on Wednesday.

Dixon is also accused of instructing two developers to buy at least $3,500 worth of gift cards to retailers including Best Buy, Target and Toys R Us for needy Baltimore families, but then spending them herself, according to state prosecutors. Some purchased with city money were found unspent in her home, prosecutors said.

Dixon is being charged on 12 counts, including perjury and theft, as a three-year-old grand jury wraps up its investigation into City Hall corruption. City officials are required to disclose gifts from anyone with a financial interest affected by public officials’ actions.

 Somebody has been NAUGHTY!!!! but you know the role,innocent until proven.....blah blah blah....Have "yall" noticed that the further north you go the more corrupt the demmies seem to get...those New England states are starting to look like political cesspools....not that we "here down south" are guilt free but damn ,,,,,,Blago, Obammy, dixon, the new york scandals......hmmmmmm...lol...riff