Annapolis Capital Punishment

Someone in the Annapolis City Government is a liar when it comes to crime. Not sure if it is the Mayor or a Councilperson but one thing for sure is someone is lying.

It all surrounds this mysterious $60,000 crime report that has not been released to the public. There are accusations of suppression of "evidence", stonewalling, and more.

There is no use getting your panties in a wad about this; because the truth will come out--eventually. You would think our public servants might know that drill---they are living in a fishbowl and nothing that they do is secret. The only certainty is that the company that produced the report is not likely to lie on behalf of someone in Annapolis for a piddly $60,000 contract.

If you are interested in the Cliff Notes version of the he-said she-said saga:

• She said he is paranoid
• She said he is creating a tempest in a teapot
• She said he is overstepped their bounds
• He said she deliberately subverted public meeting laws
• He said he has been denied access to the bulk of the crime report
• He said she is squelching the report
• He said she withheld the report
• She said she withheld pages
• He said she purposely restricted a meeting to 4 members of council to avoid a public meeting
• She said she is "not aware of any of that"
• He* said the plan is to release it to everyone at the same time
• He* upon pressure said a summary would be released on Monday night
• He said she said "I don't want that slide in the final report"
• He says her comments have biased the data
• She says "bologna"
• He says they (Public Safety Committee) scheduled a work meeting to review the report
• He says she scheduled a full council work session during the time slot
• She said he is "paranoid"
• He said he would move his meeting earlier

* Follow along, this is a different "he" because when the allegations of subverting meetings came up, apparently "she" could no longer speak and assigned a "he" to speak for "she". Sort of a she-he maybe.

It's politics as usual in Annapolis and eventually the truth will come out. I keep telling my kids that when their stories conflict, the truth WILL come out. They don't get it so why should I expect he and she to get it. Maybe I will send my kids to the meeting--wait, is it public or not?

For other opinions on this issue, check out Annapolis Capital Punishment and FOIA Tales