BookGate expands. Another $100K in Baltimore Mayor's pockets

BookGate expands. Another $100K in Baltimore Mayor's pockets
"Another day, another rock kicked over, and another pile of apparent corruption is unearthed in Baltimore, Maryland. 
This time, a prominent businessman in Charm City has just now “remembered” that he donated $100,000 to then-mayoral candidate Catherine Pugh’s Healthy Holly book company in 2016. 
In exchange for this, he received one copy of the book. (Baltimore Sun)

Columbia businessman J.P. Grant on Wednesday said his company cut a check for $100,000 to then-Baltimore mayoral nominee Catherine Pugh’s Healthy Holly LLC in October 2016. He said he received a copy of one book but no documentation of how his money would be used…

Grant described the payment in an interview, saying, “I want to be honest.”

Grant said he had forgotten about the arrangement until Friday, when he had an assistant check the records of the financial company he runs, Grant Capital Management. He said he subsequently recalled meeting with Pugh and agreeing to pay $100,000 to support what she had described as an effort to distribute the books to schoolchildren.

That means we’re now at a total of $800K going into the Mayor’s book company. 

How much longer until we reach the one million mark? 

It’s too soon to say..."

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