Baltimore Mayor Sheila A. Dixon is indicted

Baltimore Mayor Sheila A. Dixon has done some good things for Baltimore. The Democrat was the first female mayor of Baltimore, and during her tenure, she oversaw a a significant decrease in the city's homicide rate, reducing killings to a 20-year low.

Unfortunately, it appears that she stole some stuff, too.

...the Maryland prosecutor's office charged that for four years Ms. Dixon misused holiday gift cards that were intended to be distributed to needy families. Prosecutors say she gave them to members of her staff and used them to buy herself electronics and clothing.

Did she at least buy something good? Nope.

Prosecutors said the gift cards were to be distributed to needy families, but were instead used by Dixon to buy electronics _ including an Xbox, a PlayStation 2 and a camcorder _ clothes and other merchandise and also handed out to members of her staff.

Videogames? It almost makes it shittier that it is just consumer electronics. I assume she could have afforded an X-Box on her salary...I mean, how low could her pay possibly be?

She was investigated for allegedly receiving improper gifts. The ripping-off-the-needy thing was secondary.

The case stems in part from at least $15,348 in gifts Dixon allegedly received from her former boyfriend, prominent city developer Ronald H. Lipscomb, while she was City Council president. She also is accused of using as much as $3,400 in gift cards, some donated to her office for distribution to "needy families," to purchase Best Buy electronics and other items for herself and her staff.

What makes this even shittier is that while the Mayor was screwing needy families, the Maryland Foodbank has announced a shortage of supplies.

Donated product at the Maryland Food Bank is at an all time low comprising less than 50 percent of our current inventory.

Hopefully, Ms. Dixon will go straight to jail.

As for the foodbank, you can help by donating money or donating food.