FriedScrapple

FriedScrapple t1_j69zp8s wrote

Reply to comment by DemonDeke in ELI5: What's the deal with Marilyn Mosby? by baltinerdist

Who knows, but that fund Ed had been using had been dipped into by other police chiefs for miscellaneous purchases pre-Ed for a while. One option might’ve been “hey, why did you buy panties with that fund? Even if other guys did it it’s not for that, quit it and pay it back.” Another is to call the FBI. Another is to not even probe smaller expenses in the first place. I’m not saying Ed was wrong, and maybe he was given the option to pay it back and said no, I don’t know. Ed thinks it was political, but of course consider the source.

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Reply to comment by Difficult-Buddy1205 in ELI5: What's the deal with Marilyn Mosby? by baltinerdist

Former chief of police who was spending a city police fund on underthings for his mistress at Victoria’s Secret. Was busted by the FBI prosecuted by a young Rod J Rosenstein (who went on to Trump WH fame, and to become a traitor to this country. But back then he prosecuted more corrupt cops than anyone before or since).

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Reply to comment by ElectricStar87 in ELI5: What's the deal with Marilyn Mosby? by baltinerdist

My impression is she’s a mean-girl narcissist who always got by on her looks but thinks she earned it. I say narcissist because instead of friends she has fans and followers. She refuses to admit when she is wrong, ever (even when the IRS is like, “hey, this is wrong”) is convinced she’s the smartest person in the room always, obsessed with her image, no empathy for others. I’m sure many many people told her, hey, get an accountant. Hey, we’re lawyers, here’s some charges you could put on the Freddie Gray cops that would stick instead of goofy shit like kidnapping. If she was willing to take advice, she would have been able to wing it even with scant experience, but she would not.

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Reply to comment by hogsucker in ELI5: What's the deal with Marilyn Mosby? by baltinerdist

Anyone competent would’ve had an accountant deal with the IRS immediately, and taken their accountant’s advice on how to buy condos in a legitimate way, which she could have done if she’d handled her business right in the first place. If she’d had sense and a little humility she would have been fine. But she didn’t want to be bothered with details, or to do the work, she just wanted the praise and the things.

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Reply to comment by megalomike in ELI5: What's the deal with Marilyn Mosby? by baltinerdist

Is it really unexplainable, or are they just huge idiots? Any non-idiots would have gotten an accountant to deal with their financial issues properly the first day the IRS came knocking. They could’ve afforded a second condo legitimately, why did they feel the need to buy two, so urgently that they’d lie about Covid hardship and fake Nick’s dead dad’s signature on documents for like $5,000?

Nick was elected and he was young and full of energy, seemed promising. She was an unknown and got in with his name recognition. And then they both got way, way out of their depths, in terms of basic how-the-world-works experience and sense.

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FriedScrapple t1_j65phm7 wrote

Reply to comment by goose_10 in Looking for permanent housing within 1hr of Baltimore by goose_10

I suggest getting an AirBnb and a realtor and touring around and looking at stuff. I know from my realtor friends though that the market especially in your price range is really tight, so you need to come in pre-approved, go on Wednesday brokers’ opens and be prepared to maybe not get exactly what you want. Another option might be to rent until things cool down and you’re sure where you want to be.

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Reply to comment by Ms_Cranky_Pants in ELI5: What's the deal with Marilyn Mosby? by baltinerdist

She also used victims of police violence’s families, like Tyrone West’s, as props in her campaign, then once she was elected never lifted a finger to hold those cops accountable and quit taking family members’ calls.

The police in the Freddie Gray case were never held accountable, because she charged them so stupidly. And we never got that video footage from Mondawmin, where many people from the scene say the rioting actually began by cops penning in and taunting high school students.

Once she was in, after her show trials, she gave up entirely on trying to hold cops accountable.

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FriedScrapple t1_j5hxxh3 wrote

Reply to Remember this by adb1146

Stephanie Rawlings-Blake mishandled that so horribly. The first plow I saw on my street was 10 days after it snowed. Main roads weren’t even three days later. I don’t know what went wrong there, but it was more than just there being a lot of snow.

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