A Mazda sedan belonging to 46th District Md. State Sen. William C. Ferguson 4th was vandalized early Tuesday outside the senator’s upscale Canton townhouse.
POLITICAL OPPONENTS
DID THE DIRTY DEED,
FERGUSON ALLEGES
Horse manure and compost
also cover vehicle in Canton
A Mazda sedan belonging to Maryland State Sen. Bill Ferguson (D, 46th) was vandalized between late Monday night and early Tuesday outside the senator’s home, Ferguson reported on his Facebook page early Tuesday a.m.
Someone poured acid over the vehicle, which was parked on a concrete parking pad behind the senator’s Canton townhouse, damaging paint on the car’s roof and rear quarter-panel, as shown by photos posted on his Facebook page about 9 a.m. Tuesday.
The car was also covered with horse manure and compost. In addition, Ferguson said, potatoes were jammed into the exhaust pipes.
It was the second time in two years the first-term senator has experienced vandalism, related, he says, to his upset election victory over longtime Sen. George W. Della in November 2010. The previous instance of vandalism occurred two weeks prior to that election.
Police estimated damages to the vehicle at about $2,000. Ferguson said he is looking into installing security cameras around the home.
The following was posted by Ferguson next to the photo of the car on his Facebook page:
“Heard I had an opponent next election. Pretty clear its (sic.) going to be same type of election as last time. Last time this happened it was 2 weeks before election day. Not a fun way to start the day, and this time they used acid to destroy my car.”
An email and phone message to Ferguson requesting details on who he suspects might have perpetrated the damage, as well as who he believes is planning to run against him, went unanswered as of late evening Tuesday.
The incident “scared my wife, we have a young baby,” Ferguson told WBFF Fox45-TV at 10 p.m., causing “significant damage throughout the car.
“There is a line when it comes to political disagreement,” he added.
“That line has been crossed.”
— VoB Staff report
alforman@voiceofbaltimore.org
December 12th, 2012 - 9:22 AM
The car pictured is quite obviously a several year old Mazda, and not the late model luxury car that you give the impression of in the article.
December 12th, 2012 - 2:16 PM
Sorry about that, we’re reporters here, not auto enthusiasts. We were told it was a late-model Acura and reported it as such; we weren’t trying to give any “impression”s.
VoB regrets the error and has made appropriate corrections to the article. To date, Senator Ferguson has not responded to our email and telephone requests for specifics on who he believes is planning to run against him in 2014 and why he suspects the vandalism was perpetrated by political rivals.