Although out of office and still repaying her debt to society for misappropriating gift cards intended for the poor, former City Council President and Mayor Sheila Dixon is full of surprises. (VoB File Photo/Stephen Janis)
COULD IT HAPPEN? YES IT COULD
Ex-mayor will be eligible in 4 years
I get a sense that I am not going to run for City Council. — Sheila Dixon
UPDATE JULY 10: As Sheila Dixon nears the end of her 500 hours’ required community service in partial fulfillment of her plea bargain, the former mayor told Voice of Baltimore Sunday evening “it’s sad” that Baltimore voters don’t look deeply enough at the issues and at candidates’ records when voting for mayor.
“This [election, which will take place September 13] is so important,” she said in a telephone interview. People should “look fairly, look deep” before they vote. “They [the candidates] all have track records.
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“I might run for mayor.”
She won the last mayoral election by a landslide but was forced to resign after being found guilty of misappropriating gift cards donated by developers intended for poor children.
Since then former Mayor Sheila Dixon has kept a low profile, occasionally commenting on the state of the city to the media but giving few hints about her future plans.
But now the veteran of city politics says her interactions around Baltimore in the wake of the thus far quiet mayor’s race have prompted her to begin thinking about her political future in 2015, when she will be free to run again for elective office.
