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Thursday, December 06, 2012

Judge Upholds Lawmaker's Removal

Former Delegate Tiffany Alston automatically lost her seat in the Maryland House of Delegates when she was convicted of misconduct in office in October, and a Prince George's County committee can withdraw the name of a former drug dealer it nominated to replace her, a judge ruled Wednesday.

Prince George's Circuit Court Judge C. Philip Nichols Jr. also ruled that the county's County Democratic Central Committee can submit another nominee to Gov. Martin O'Malley. However, the nomination won't be binding on the governor, because it would be made after a 30-day time limit set for the committee to forward a name.

The ruling brings some clarity to tortuous legal wrangling over the state's constitutional provision relating to an official's removal for wrongdoing and rules for replacing a state legislator. The case also has put renewed focus on a county that has been trying to emerge from a cloud of high-profile political corruption cases.
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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 6, 2012 at 10:41 AM

    Send the crooks packing!

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  2. AnonymousDecember 6, 2012 at 11:55 AM

    what did she do ? steal money for hair relaxer?

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  3. AnonymousDecember 6, 2012 at 12:04 PM

    Someone will make this a "racist" comment, but it very interesting how many corrupt politicians are turning out to be black.

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  4. AnonymousDecember 6, 2012 at 1:06 PM

    i was just going to say how hard it is to replace a corrupt democrat (i know, it's an oxymoron) with another democrat that's not corrupt.

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  5. AnonymousDecember 6, 2012 at 4:40 PM

    Only in Maryland!

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  6. AnonymousDecember 6, 2012 at 10:07 PM

    Spent campaign funds on her wedding.

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