While the state prosecutor’s office was unable to determine the source of the funds, the case caught the eye of the FBI.

That sentence caught my attention in today’s Baltimore Sun story about the investigation of former Mayor Catherine Pugh.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/crime/bs-pr-md-ci-cr-healthy-holly-investigation-backstory-20210318-rwd5w3xsuzczrhnkj27uw4lce4-story.html

I emailed someone who might know why that’s the case.

Perhaps the State Prosecutor needs additional authority.

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During today’s floor debate on House Bill 18, creating aright to counsel for tenants in certain eviction cases, I said this:

“There’s been reference to the fact that there are a slew of bills this year, there are a lot of bills this year, there are a lot of laws on the books regarding landlord-tenant.

“We try to strike a balance between the rights of the tenant and the rights of the landlord. But as the sponsor [of] the bill pointed out, as the floor leader pointed out, when the landlord is represented 96% of the time, and the tenant is represented only 1% of the time, those are bad odds.

“We don’t need to authorize sports wagering to know that 96 to 1, that’s bad odds. If we want the laws that we have written, that we have approved as the policy of this state to be carried out by the courts of this state, this bill, this right to counsel, for a lawyer who speaks for their client is essential.

“I urge a green vote.”

House Bill 18 passed the House of Delegates, 95-42.