The Baltimore Business Journal (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
Baltimore City Mayor Sheila Dixon and health leaders will air a radio ad aimed at getting more city residents health care coverage.
Moldova.org (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
Baltimore police said they arrested a man Wednesday who allegedly was armed and making threats while attempting to travel to the White House.Ian Brennan, a spokesman for Mayor Sheila Dixon, confirmed police had arrested an unidentified man for allegedly carrying a gun and making threats while attempting to take a cab to the White House, The Baltimore Sun said.Brennan said after the cab driver refused...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon has proposed tighter restrictions on a city reserve fund that some City Council members want to tap to ease the effects of budget cuts.
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/15/2008
City departments must make budget reductions that average 12.9%, Dixon says Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon ordered city agency heads yesterday to reduce their department budgets by an average of 12.9 percent next year, saying cuts are necessary because the city is entering a period "worse than the Depression."
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/15/2008
City departments must make budget reductions that average 12.9%, Dixon says Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon ordered city agency heads yesterday to reduce their department budgets by an average of 12.9 percent next year, saying cuts are necessary because the city is entering a period "worse than the Depression."
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
City cuts may total $200 million; likely service reductions Mayor Sheila Dixon today announced steep, across-the-board spending cuts -- potentially hundreds of millions of dollars -- as Baltimore confronts a worsening economy and prepares for expected reductions in state aid.
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
City cuts may total $200 million; likely service reductions Mayor Sheila Dixon plans to announce today steep, across-the-board spending cuts - potentially hundreds of millions of dollars - as Baltimore confronts a worsening economy and prepares for expected reductions in state aid.
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/12/2008
Standing in a West Baltimore neighborhood beset by gang violence, Mayor Sheila Dixon rededicated a newly refurbished memorial to World War II veterans yesterday. "Generation after generation, Americans have put on the uniform of our armed forces and risked their lives in defense of our nation," Dixon said. "We restate our appreciation and the sacrifices of those brave individuals." Samuel Snowden,...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
Mayor Sheila Dixon (pictured) praised the methane gas solution at the Back River Wastewater Treatment Plant, which will save $2.4 million a year by offsetting the East Baltimore facility's energy costs, officials said.
Random Rodricks (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
E-mail from a Midday listener and Sun reader named Birdie: I wonder how many people would have voted in favor of slots, if they had been aware that the city would move so quickly to purchase land for slot development ? . . . It is appalling to me that Sheila Dixon would push through such an action considering the current economic issues facing Baltimore City. . . . Firstly, paying substantially above...
Random Rodricks (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
The mayor of Baltimore, Sheila Dixon, and the former mayor, Gov. Martin O'Malley, seem to have no shame about establishing a casino in Baltimore with slot machines, knowing full well that a disproportionate number of the city's poorest citizens are likely to waste their money there. The slots, like the state lotteries before them, constitute a de facto tax on low-income people, and to put slots in...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/06/2008
Mayor Sheila Dixon signed into law yesterday a city ordinance requiring pawnshops to send the Police Department daily electronic reports of new merchandise so detectives can quickly search for stolen items. Previously, that reporting had been done on paper. "It was sad that in 2008, we were forcing our investigators to thumb through hundreds and hundreds of papers," said City Council President Stephanie...
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
M ayor Sheila Dixon had a long wait at her polling place yesterday, but not as long as it could have been.
BmoreFab! (Free subscription) | 11/04/2008
The Official Maryland Democratic Party Victory Celebration! Hosted by: Governor Martin O' Malley, Congressman Elijah Cummings,Mayor Sheila Dixon Venue: The New - Bourbon Street ( Previously... Find out more on Bmore Fab!
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 10/30/2008
Mayor Sheila Dixon plans to announce today a citywide festival honoring the 200th birthday of Edgar Allan Poe. Organized by the Baltimore Area Convention and Visitors Association, the yearlong celebration will begin in January and include theatrical performances, art exhibitions, historical tours and a re-creation of Poe's viewing and funeral. Works inspired by Poe will be on display at the Baltimore...
