The Baltimore Sun revealed that John Paterakis, developer of the Harbor East complex, was indicted Tuesday on two counts of campaign finance violations for contributing $6,000 to help pay for a city councilwoman’s political poll. “You’ve got to be kidding,” said Donald Norris, chair and professor of the Department of Public Policy. “He is well known, he is highly regarded and for him to be charged with something like this is quite frankly shocking.”
The article, “New charges in city bribery investigation,” ran Tuesday, July 28.
In an article about Baltimore County Councilman Kenneth Oliver’s guilty plea to two misdemeanors, Norris noted the plea would spur challengers but that voters might not view the crime as too serious. “It all depends on how forgiving his constituency is,” said Norris. The article, “Councilman pleads guilty to campaign finance violations,” ran Tuesday, July 28, in the Maryland Daily Record.
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