Maryland: John Leopold

Alderman Sam Shropshire just called to inform me of his imminent press conference--in half an hour---and tells me he is innocent--in regard to the arrest and charges last night. He refused to return repeated calls yesterday in regard to his comments about Josh Cohen but he calls me today to proclaim his innocence to the other big story--but a story which I did not break to the public. Interesting. I asked him why. He said I should understand that he has his hands full. Oh yeah. I can understand that his hands are full...very full, but of what I can only speculate.

John Leopold's alleged backseat tryst keeps looking worse and worse for him:
Two Anne Arundel County councilmen said yesterday that, until County Executive John R. Leopold explains his actions on the evening that a police officer responding to a report of possible sexual activity in a mall parking lot found him in the back seat of his county-issued car, they will continue investigating the matter.

The councilmen, C. Edward Middlebrooks and G. James Benoit, also questioned why Leopold has made numerous calls from one of his two county-issued phones to the cell and home phones of a county employee during the past six months.

The Anne Arundel County Council upped the attention to the mysterious case of John Leopold and the 911 call last night when members suggested that a female county employee's car was parked near Leopold's in the mall parking lot when...

Assuming the Anne Arundel County Council meets tonight, County Executive John Leopold is set to introduce a bill that would allow slots under his county's zoning law at either Laurel Park or Arundel Mills Mall. That's a pretty remarkable turn...