A Baltimore City Councilwoman who is suing a local blogger for reporting that she “does not reside” in the city signed a document last year certifying that her primary residence was in Baltimore County.
Councilwoman Belinda Conaway, who lists her father’s Northwest Baltimore home on city documents as her official residence, signed a mortgage agreement last year indicating that the house she bought in Randallstown in 1997 was her primary residence.
Conaway joined the City Council in 2004.
Contacted for a response on Monday, Conaway said: “You know I can't talk about that” and referred questions to her lawyer.
Attorney Thomas J. Maronick Jr. said the councilwoman and her husband signed the document “inadvertently.”
“They shouldn’t have signed it,” Maronick said. He said the couple “didn’t look very carefully” at the papers and called the signing an “oversight.”
“It’s not unusual for people at a real estate settlement to sign documents without reading them carefully,” Maronick said. “There was no attempt whatsoever to defraud anyone.”
Conaway filed a $21 million lawsuit against blogger Adam Meister and the Examiner news organization last month after Meister posted copies of Conaway’s property records online and wrote that she “should immediately resign from Baltimore's City Council since she does not reside in Baltimore.”
In her lawsuit, Conaway claims the posts were libelous, defamatory and intentionally inflicted emotional distress because she “does in fact live in Baltimore City.”
Meister said Monday that a major law firm had agreed to defend him pro bono. He declined publicly to name the firm publicly.
He said he planned to file a motion to dismiss “because the suit inhibits free speech.” He declined to comment further, on the advice of his lawyer.
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34 comments:
PRIME reason we need to VOTE them all out of office as it is the same old song and dance with them all and time for new young blood in office.
Is this Councilwoman related to Councilman Joe Hall in OC
Trust me they all r related in some shape or form and drink and #@#$@# together and work to rob us the people who blindly vote them into office....
I'll bet she signed the document to take advantage of bank rates and tax breaks, listing the house as her primary residence. Fraud, in either case.
Given that the blogger has produced a valid reason for stating the council member is not a resident, how in the world can she still have any lawsuit?
I hope the blogger can push back with a lawsuit of their own. Politicians should not be allowed to use the courts or threats of a lawsuit to prohibit free speech. It's an egregious misuse of our legal system. Shameful.
Looks like she signed the new deed for a loan, stating that she used the property as a primary residence. Do you think she also claims it as a primary for Homestead Tax Credit? Probably, and probably has for almost 15 years, scamming the State (and everyone in it) out of $$.
This type of action has reached the epidemic level.
MVA has the same problem with Delaware drivers living in MD .
Let's see who and how much we can cheat. We don't have any values left in this country.
Get a grip people , GOD will help you.
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You're correct it is at epidemic levels.
This is a symptom of excessive and punitive taxation that drives people to cheat and find ways around.
The problem is not the cheaters, the problem is the excessive taxation.
Remember, George Bush claimed a VACANT LOT as his "primary residence" in order to avoid taxes. And the IRS (surprise!) went right along with it. People in power have come to believe they are above the law. Our country is rife with examples just like this one.
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