Brandon Scott was elected as Mayor of Baltimore in 2020 after serving as City Council president. He was the youngest person ever elected to that office and he will be running for a second term this November. Unfortunately, a review of his campaign finance records reveals that Scott has run into the same legal problems as all of his predecessors in recent memory. It turns out that he has been receiving campaign contributions from well-placed donors that are in excess of the maximum amounts allowed under Maryland law. These unfortunate “mistakes” add up to quite a bit of cash, running well into the tens of thousands of dollars. Anyone who is surprised by these developments should probably make sure that they are sitting down before I inform them that water is, in fact, wet. (Baltimore Sun)
Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott has received campaign donations above the $6,000 maximum from at…
