End Of The World!: Change We Can Believe In?

Exciting times?........perhaps. Change was the mantra of the Democrat Party.......and still is. Change is being planned, developed, and installed as I write this. No sooner than I had written about two major national politicians "stepping aside", I turned on the television to find out that Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon announced that she too, will be stepping aside on February 4, 2010. Imagine that...........hmmm.......is this a trend developing?

Mayor Dixon was investigated, charged, tried by a jury of her peers, and found guilty in a case which had involved numerous charges of corruption and misuse of donated gift cards. In the grand scheme of things that politicians can be guilty of, this really wasn't that big of a deal.......but she got caught, for whatever reason.........and there has to be some kind of circumstances.

Mayor Dixon fought the charges and for the most part managed to dodge getting nailed on 99% of it.........it was the 1% that got her. Is it a sad day for Dixon?........yes indeed.........but it is also a great day for Dixon. She has somehow managed to avoid being pegged a felon, dodged the ultimate misdemeanor, and although she loses her position in politics for now, she gets to play again in a few years........just like DC Mayor Marion Barry.........remember him? None of this is all that surprising.........really.......not at all......in fact....I fully expected this kind of thing. I knew they would find some sort of way to "save face" for Dixon..........well........maybe not "save face"......more like "save Dixon's 83,000 dollar pension".

So here is how it ended. Dixon was tried and CONVICTED and was awaiting sentencing.........and after all pleas for the declaration of a mistrial........she then steps up and spits out the Alford Plea. Huh?........Alford Plea? The Alford Plea is where you tell the court that you acknowledge that the prosecution has enough evidence to convict you but you still plead innocent. Huh? One major problem with this...............this is done AFTER she was CONVICTED! You or I could never get away with such a thing.......never.

Here is Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon in a photo where she is seen adjusting her glasses while tv news cameras were pointed her way during her investigation. As you can see.......she is "moving forward".

The major adjustment now........er uh, CHANGE.........is that Baltimore will now get a new mayor............and it will be City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake.

I don't know much about Stephanie Rawlings-Blake........but she apparently has been going through some CHANGEs herself.

Here she is today.............yep.........she's gonna be the new Mayor Of Baltimore.........hmmmm.....I suspect that a new "charitable contribution" policy is coming...........perhaps "cash only"?

Gosh......with all of this CHANGE, I won't be in need for something to write about.

CHANGE is nothing new.........it goes hand in hand with that other political mantra "Moving Forward".............but can we really believe in it?

Once upon a time there were always people in Baltimore seen scrubbing the marble steps in front of their rowhouses. These people also were voters that would elect the Mayor of Baltimore all these years. Baltimore was famous for those marble steps..............but somehow things have CHANGED.

In the picture above, look for the voters.

And today.......as she has every day since she took office.........Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon proclaims that she, and Baltimore, are "MOVING FORWARD"............go figure!