Baltimore City Council calls on Pugh to resign as mayor; she says she intends to return
Source: Baltimore Sun
The Baltimore City Council on Monday urged Mayor Catherine Pugh to resign. But within hours of the council issuing its extraordinary call, Pugh responded saying she “fully intends” to return once her health improves.
The 14 council members sent a two-sentence letter to Pugh that was released at 7 a.m. urging her to step down. They sent copies to Acting Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young, City Solicitor Andre Davis, Pugh’s chief of staff Bruce Williams, and Baltimore’s senators and delegates in the General Assembly.
“The entire membership of the Baltimore City Council believes that it is not in the best interest of the City of Baltimore for you to continue to serve as Mayor,” the council members wrote to Pugh. “We urge you to tender your resignation, effective immediately.”
The letter comes as Pugh has taken a leave of absence as mayor amid an unfolding scandal over her sales of her “Healthy Holly” children’s books to entities that have business dealings with the city. The state prosecutor has opened an investigation into the book sales.
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