Former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh is going to prison for a children’s book scandal.

Early last year, the city of Baltimore faced an odd political scandal involving then-Mayor Catherine Pugh and her self-published children’s book series about a health-conscious young girl named Healthy Holly. The Baltimore Sun broke the news that while Pugh was a board member of the University of Maryland Medical System, the medical system paid her $500,000 […] Continue reading at 'Literrary Hub'

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-02-27 20:09:58 UTC ]

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