“Baltimore deserves a mayor that can move our great city forward.”Silverman left without taking questions. Pugh, 69, is the second Baltimore mayor in the past decade to leave office while facing corruption allegations. Federal agents remove items from the home of Baltimore Mayor Catherine E. Pugh on April 25. During the 2015 rioting that tore up swaths of the city, Pugh was a visible presence, working with Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) Pugh described becoming mayor as her “dream job.” She vowed to spur development in impoverished neighborhoods and implement police reforms.

Source: Washington Post May 02, 2019 19:32 UTC