Baltimore Board of Ethics to investigate ‘Healthy Holly’ sales; groups that donated to buy books revealed
The five-member board voted after receiving a letter
Ethics board chairwoman
The board approved Pierson's motion just after members agreed to publicly release the
Coverage of
The
In its disclosure to the city ethics board,
The charity's initial letter to the ethics board said that "at no time did
Since Pugh's book deals were first reported by
Pugh last month amended several years of ethics disclosure forms filed with the state to report that she owns
The only donation to
City ethics forms require her to report other sources of income.
The mayor's office announced Monday that she was taking a leave of absence to recover from pneumonia.
One of the organizations, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, confirmed in a statement to
The four other groups are:
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» Ariel Investments on
The charity said that
Pierson said the city ethics board would not comment any further on Pugh's purchases since the matter is under investigation.
The
Investigations that have been opened or requested in wake of
Four of the five donors to the charity have also been big campaign contributors to Pugh between
Regarding his
"When I donate, it's not restricted," Grant said.
Grant said his company gave the nonprofit
CareFirst BlueCross donated
The auto insurer's contributions were made while Krabbe was its executive director, said
Krabbe could not be reached for comment.
As a state senator from 2007 to 2016, Pugh sponsored legislation praised by MAIF. A 2013 news release on the organization's website about the start of a new kind of insurance plan said Pugh sponsored the legislation "that made this day possible."
"I am excited for this great opportunity for all of those in
Krabbe was quoted thanking Pugh for her work on the bill in another release.
"We thank all of the sponsors of Senate Bill 930. In particular, we would like to thank
Emails and calls to Ariel Investments and a representative of the
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