Now that there’s a verdict, when will she step down? 

Posted: 9:34 pm Tue, December 1, 2009
By Steve Lash

Well, is she still the mayor or isn’t she? It all depends on what your definition of “conviction” is. To the attorney general’s office, Sheila Dixon remains Baltimore’s mayor — at least for now — because her conviction, which would trigger her suspension from office, does not become final until Visiting Judge Dennis M. Sweeney sentences her ...