Sheila Dixon Set To Make Mayor Run Official Wednesday
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Former Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon is set to make her next run for mayor official on Wednesday.
Dixon announced her candidacy mid-December but still has yet to file over a month later.
But, Wednesday at noon, she will show up to the Baltimore City Board of Elections and fill out the candidacy paperwork.
This comes almost a decade after she was found guilty of embezzling gift cards and stepped down as mayor.
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"As I said in the beginning, I'm sorry for the mistakes I made that brought my term to an end," Dixon said in her announcement speech last month. "It is because I had to leave office, that I will work three times as hard to be the next mayor. It is because I had to leave office that I will greet each day with a sense of urgency, holding myself and others accountable — and pressing forward for better action. I believe redemption makes you even stronger especially when you have the love of Baltimore like I do."
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Dixon said during her last term as mayor, she was able to show that the city could reduce crime, and said the police department needs to have a sense of urgency and customer service.
