TGR: Rohrbaugh's Witch-Hunt: Was It Worth It?
(BALTIMORE - January 13, 2009) - They raided her house around 6 in the morning as if she were a common criminal on June 17, 2008. After spending 7 hours or so rummaging her things – including furs from her former lover, they left with boxes of so-called evidence.
This unprecedented action upon Baltimore City’s top elected official, to say the least, was in horrible taste. I only wonder if they would have raided the Governor’s Mansion in the same manner.
Mayor Dixon has children, after all.
Can you imagine the effect this raid has had on them?
Nonetheless, State Prosecutor Robert A. Rohrbaugh (a Republican appointee by former Governor Robert Ehrlich) is out to make a point. According to Arnold Weiner, Esquire, owner of the firm representing Madame President, the State Prosecutor has an ax to grind and is apparently on some desperate mission in search of front-page headlines and to take out white-collar criminals.
The irony is, while he is chasing the mayor, there are so many individuals more worthy of his attention – like criminals.
In any event, the Mayor of Baltimore – along with her attorneys – essentially held court on Friday at Arnold Weiner’s law firm office on Clipper Mill Road before the entire metropolitan area via local television and other news outlets.
Thus far, Weiner has seemingly won public opinion such that one wonders if Rohrbaugh actually still has a case. The general notion abounding is that this case won’t even make it to court.
Even more, it should be noted that two other Democrats – who also happen to be African American – Baltimore County Councilman Ken Oliver and Baltimore City Councilwoman Helen Holton – were also indicted last week. Further, developer Ron Lipscomb was indicted on charges of allegedly bribing Councilwoman Holton.
Lipscomb has been an ardent Democratic supporter of Maryland candidates over the past decade.
Questions, too, of a race-initiated witch-hunt have been raised.
In summary, the party line, sexism, and racism all come into play in Rohrbaugh’s tirade.
Hence, after some 2 ½ years of investigating – at the taxpayers’ expense, Rohrbaugh has very little to show. The cost of the investigation heavily outweighs the number of dollars these politicians are accused of mishandling. Further, as it relates to Mayor Dixon, the awful charge of bribery is not even on the table – as once presumed.
The $16 million question is: Was it worth it?
After all, there are tons of actual criminals in Greater Baltimore who might better deserve his attention.
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