Mayor Supports Snowden Despite Marijuana Conviction
The Annapolis mayor says he wants Carl Snowden to continue as chairman of the housing authority.
Mayor Josh Cohen supports keeping Carl Snowden as chairman of the Housing Authority for the City of Annapolis despite Snowden's conviction for marijuana possession. "I support the direction HACA has been going in," Cohen said. "I want to see that continue, and I think Carl has been doing an outstanding job." The seven-member board, which oversees Annapolis' public housing, is appointed by the mayor to five-year terms. Snowden's term is set to expire in 2014. While the board chooses its own chair, City Council can remove members from the board. Cohen said he has no plans to take that step. A Baltimore City Circuit Court jury unanimously convicted Snowden of misdemeanor possession on Tuesday. He was arrested in April with co-defendant …
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10:25 am on Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Irony at its finest.. A man that weasels his way onto the Board just to protect family members that sell drugs and have them removed from the "banning list" that is in place to prevent drug dealers and thugs from being on HACA properties?? How is it that he himself is not banned with drug a drug conviction and if so how would he go to work at HACA.. Wasn't that his civil liberties crusade?? more ›