It's funny how at first she says "it's fiction" and tries to say the show is way off in how things really are. Then she says that it portrays cites across the country, and by the end of the interview she admits it portrays exactly the way things are and is excited to see how the next group's ugly face is exposed (the media) and she gets a big smile, because she's thinking, "thank God us politicians are off the main focus next season." What a bitch. lol
@willia3r Yes, she was charged of several counts of corruption. I remember her being convicted for using gift cards that were donated to be given out to low income families. Too bad she couldn't defend herself as good as Clay Davis. lol
On Dec 1, 09, after 7 days of deliberations, the jury returned verdicts on 4 of the 5 remaining counts. Dixon was found not guilty of the two felony theft charges, and one count of misconduct of office. She was found guilty on one misdemeanor embezzlement charge relating to her use of over $600 worth of retail store gift cards that were intended to be distributed to needy families. The jury was unable to reach a unanimous decision regarding the final charge of misdemeanor embezzlement.
How can she in one sentence say its a fiction show that DOESN'T reflect Baltimore but in the next say shes learning from from the show and using it to reform the education system etc etc....Damn make up your mind bitch!!
And how long did it take for Sheila to be done for perjury and misconduct.... this interview should be taken with a massive grain of salt considering this...
@muertosdetumare man, NO FUCK u man! Sopranos is easily some of the best shit ever. The Wire is one of the best too....but fuck u and let me straddle your head and shoot my slong in your hair!
She's a politician, or at least used to be. She's required to paint the pretty picture and deny it. The truth is that the Wire was the most accurate depiction of the crime and drug problem in Baltimore.
bla bla bla 'my career is much more important than what the wire is sayin' bla bla bla. She wd get more respect if she quoted Omar and said 'S'all in the game yo'.
I havent' lived in that craphole for six years and I thank god there is no future in Baltimore the only future you have to look forward to is life as a drug addict / drug dealer or working a city jobi left cause I wanted better for myself, partsmet take it from a former resident Baltimore doesnt' matter,
No meekmop is wrong mr. partsmet I' one many former Baltimore who woke up and saw the city for what it truly is first of the problem with that city is many of the resident would rather live off the government instead of trying to better themselves, second: the schools are bad cause most of the kids dont' want to learn anything instead they wanna cuss out teachers and fight Ive' seen this with my own eyes
She didn't seem to get the concept of jury nullification of law. Duhhr. You can't improve the war on drugs (the war on the american people) --you can only end it.
Now I know nothing about Baltimore aside from what I've seen in The Wire, but politicians in The Wire act just like this. It doesn't surprise me that the mayor isn't saying "Yeah Baltimore's a shithole full of drugs and corruption".
That's because it isn't. You are ignorant. You should feel ashamed. What if i saw a photo of your mom and said "I know she is complete whore". Would that be fair? Don't think so.
Did you write that in a fit of rage? For one thing that analogy doesn't work at all, it's just a lame attempt at an insult.
I'm not saying "Baltimore is a shithole", I'm saying "I'm not surprised she's not saying Baltimore is a shithole". How is not accepting the Mayor's opinion ignorant while blindly accepting it despite having no personal experience not?
The only logic I can find in that kind of thinking is troll logic.
It wasn't an insult. It was an good analogy which only a troll like you wouldn't accept. Can you tell me one leader of anything that is going to say "yes, what i head is a piece of shit."? Really? you're kidding yourself then. You have to visit a place before you degrade it, as you have.
It wasn't a good analogy, because it's nothing like what I wrote. A good analogy would have been "I know nothing about your mother, but I'm not surprised you're not calling her a whore".
Read what I've wrote and you'll realise you just agreed with me. No Mayor would say their city is a dump, so them saying it isn't a dump is obvious.
I don't know much about Baltimore that's why I haven't degraded it. Read my original comment. You will see this.
Nerese is Sheila Dixon just like Carcetti is Martin O'Malley. I love how excited she is to see Simon trash the media - season 5 is when Nerese proves to be one of the slimiest characters in the whole run of the show and there's no way Dixon wouldn't take that personally (nor secretly admit that every last detail is true to life).
She is lying. I lived in Baltimore city forever and just about ever corner has a deep reflection of the wire. Only it's worse. She steals anyway, that should tell you everything you need to know about how much she cares about the struggles of citizens in this city.
oh man i knew she was in trouble for something but i didnt know what....thats great... i mean not great for the kids but it just goes to show u how true the show is....she sounds like a cross between nerese campbell and clay davis
and to smoldie theres no point in even try and another problem will the politics in that city is that the city officials keep trying like mayor dumb dixon to sugercoat the citys' problems instead of trying to fix them the lady is out of touch way way out of touch and until Baltimore gets a mayor thats' intelligent and knows what they are talking about the population will continue to go down even futher.
and dont' write to me cause I will not respond to any more of your foolish comments and a word of advice grauate from high school first and then come back and talk to me when you get on my level of matureity.
To meekmop please shut up I and people formerly from Baltimore who are realize that this city is beyond helping it doesnt' take a college graduate to figure that out the smart ones are the ones who leave who want to make something of themselves behind hanging on the corner and not getting anywhere in life. no honey I not the problem and judging by the way you spell that city s' not helping you either. maybe when you get enough more common sense you will leave that useless city too.
no meekmop is wrong first off: Im one many former baltimore resident who woke up and saw the city for what it really is, second the problem with baltimore is that most resident there want to live off the government instead of bettering themselves,third: I havent' lived in that dump for six years and I thank god, and fourth: theres no future in that city,
a city cant' become better unless its' citizens are willing to change their way of thinking but the reality is Baltimore will never become better until the people there change their attitudes toward education and other things.this city needs lots of prayer a lot
How about putting the bible/Koran/Torah down and becoming fully engaged in the political process locally; within the crumbling infrastructure that has failed so many of the populace for generations.
This poor city needs help and I so glad I left I dont' even like calling my self a Baltimore native. great city I think mayor Dixon needs to take a second look at that city failing schools, a corrupt police force , high crime,dirty streets, no to mention a bad football team.nobody or anything can help that city its' in the pits,I think most people on here would agree.
You are part of the reason the city is in the codition it's in. They say they have no part in it, when really, they are who destroys the city. You have destroyed this city. Luckly people who are smarter than you are actually doning someting about it instead of neglecting the city, leaving it behind, like you. Please, take time to realize this truth
I have lived & worked in Baltimore all of my life which entitles me to say the following: THE WIRE is unequivocally the most accurate portrayal of Baltimore's political & drug culture ever presented. Shockingly prescient, one merely needs to watch the 5 o'clock news for proof of the problems that local politicians so desperately try to sugar coat. Mayor Dixon's squirming as she stammers to answer the questions presented her are clearly the result of one undeniable fact - THE TRUTH HURTS!
jalphabet5 your right, It feels like politics all over the world. Politicians spinning the obvious failures is depressingly prevalent where every there is deprivation and a crumbling infrastructure. Peace and continued Wire love bro from a fellow convert.
I have lived & worked in Baltimore all of my life which entitles me to say the following: THE WIRE is unequivocally the most accurate portrayal of Baltimore's political & drug culture ever presented. Shockingly prescient, one merely needs to watch the 5 o'clock news for proof of the problems that local politicians so desperately try to sugar coat. Mayor Dixon's squirming as she stammers to answer the questions presented her are clearly the result of one undeniable fact - THE TRUTH HURTS!
I've never been to Baltimore, but she sounds like shes just feeding people political platitudes, and doing everything that the show is criticizing the institutions for.
I've never been to Baltimore or even America before but she sounds so full of shit to me too. Especially @2:20 when she starts to say the media portrayal in the Wire is accurate but of coursssssssse, everything else negative to her isn't. Big WHATEVERRRR!
Sheila Dixon the Mayor? Oh, my goodness! You go girl! You've come a long way since the karate school days. I'm happy for you. Keep up the good work. I'm a long way from baltimore now but I remember you. Kick ass Sheila!
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No actually this is about race. On a percentage basis, black polticians get into far more legal trouble then whites. Now maybe there could also be a correlation drawn that it's almost always democrats getting in trouble, and not just blacks, that's possible
Your "percentage basis" statement is premised not on facts, but on your own jaundiced biased view of the world. What percentage of blacks elected to statewide office have been indicted or convicted? Can you name one? I can't. But I can name Stevens, Vitter, Gov. Ryan, Gov. Blago.
As for Democrats "almost always" being the ones in trouble, how are Rep. Cunningham and Scooter Libby doing? Surely you can't be so biased that you refuse to see that broken politics knows no party or race.
sure i agree that there are crooks in both parties, they are politicians after all, but every black politician i have ever seen acts just like the black basketball and football players, they act like verybody owes them something, they are almost gods simply because of their position in life, well fuck that. and by the way, there are a lot more arrests and convitions of democrats than repubs, you might want to do some fact checking and realize that im telling the truth
Why such racial terms? Dixson's transgressions are no more racial than Sen. Ted Stevens', Maj. Leader Tom DeLay's, Rep. Mark Foley's, or Sen. Larry Craig's. Additionally, the examples of exceptional black leadership abound: Rep. John Lewis, Rep. Artur Davis, Adrian Fenty, Cory Booker.
This isn't about the pigment of anyone's skin. It's about a politician's breach of the public trust. That's always misfortunate, race notwithstanding.
Why such racial terms? Dixson's transgressions are no more racial than Sen. Ted Stevens', Maj. Leader Tom DeLay's, Rep. Mark Foley's, or Sen. Larry Craig's. Additionally, the examples of exceptional black leadership abound: Rep. John Lewis, Rep. Artur Davis, Adrian Fenty, Cory Booker.
This isn't about the pigment of anyone's skin. It's about a politician's breach of the public trust. That's always misfortunate, race notwithstanding.
she's dumb. in one breath she says the wire isn't reflective of Baltiomre, in the next breath she talks about being inspired by their critique of the city's failing school and realising something needs t be done about them lol
As Americans we should hate all politicians. The fact that some can actually look up to any of these people, I don't care who, is a sign of someone who needs a healthy injection of reality.
They don't call it Bodymore, Murdaland...for nothing...Avon Barksdale and Marlo Stainsfield only represent for at least 30 years of thugging...the Godfather of Baltimore Melvin Williams...politiced with Carlos Gambino and Paul Bonnano...from the 5 families in New York...back in the mid 70's...West Baltimore versus EastBaltimore rivalries..beefs with different housing projects..the poverty..she lives in the county and is worried about tourism for the harbor..dead bodies are in abandoned houses
Sad that even Afro-Americans who are politicians have to save face instead of tell the truth. Ask "Snoop" Pearson if The Wire reflects Baltimore, and see and hear what her answer is! I'm from Philly, and although we've been number one for homicides with a handgun the past three years, guess what city is right up there with us? .... in fact, the Baltimore/ D.C. area held this infamous "crown" so to speak long before Philly did, and she comes out of her mouth saying that about the show? Wake up!
I live in Baltimore, this city is F*cuekd Up. The police are terrible, the city inept. The city is dirty, crime rules the streets. I moved here for school, can't wait to leave.
bmore is truly a forgotten city in many people's eyes. but there's so much to love about this town, and these problems discussed on THE WIRE can be addressed and resolved if people learn how to listen
She is a bit contradicting if you ask me. She says the show doesn't reflect B-More, but then she turns around and says the school issues & police issues are things that occur in B-more; so how is the show not reflecting aspects of B-More?
+ David NEVER said the show was about all of B-More. And of course the type of things that happen in the show (or in B-More) also happen across the U.S & possibly The World, no one is denying that. If she truly watch the show, she would know this.
her nephew is juan dixon, he is one of my favorite players on the raptors,
I know the Wire is fiction, but 280+ murders for such a small city, thats sad, maybe colvins idea isn't so bad, we kinda have that here in vancouver, oh ya and the guns things too is kinda a problem, I looked at the map of all the homicides in 2007 and about 80% of them are all gun murders
Oh my gosh! Thanks for posting this! Noreece looks just like her... haha, dude, said "have you seen the first episode [of this season] yet?", and she said "no, but i hope to"! rofl!
"The Wire? sheeeeeiiiit "
DoctorWitten 5 months ago
It's funny how at first she says "it's fiction" and tries to say the show is way off in how things really are. Then she says that it portrays cites across the country, and by the end of the interview she admits it portrays exactly the way things are and is excited to see how the next group's ugly face is exposed (the media) and she gets a big smile, because she's thinking, "thank God us politicians are off the main focus next season." What a bitch. lol
Combatives813 6 months ago
@Combatives813
Wasn't Dixon convicted on some federal corruption charges?
willia3r 6 months ago
@willia3r Yes, she was charged of several counts of corruption. I remember her being convicted for using gift cards that were donated to be given out to low income families. Too bad she couldn't defend herself as good as Clay Davis. lol
Combatives813 6 months ago
it's a fiction show
mongobobo 6 months ago
So the politicians of Baltimore say its "fiction" but actual drug dealers,cops, and citizens of Baltimore say its exactly how things happen there.
mabey202 7 months ago
From the very first sentence that emerged from her mouth I knew she was full of it.
wellesradio 7 months ago
a fictional show? of course it is because your a perfect mayor dumb bitch!
halflifeproductionz 7 months ago
u fucking gift card stealing bitch! she never wanted to help baltimore, she just wanted to gain from her position.
x3ishere1 8 months ago
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Carcetti seems such a better mayor...
Fistuka1 8 months ago
The bullshit she just vomited into the mic simply validates everything that's in the wire. gj idiot mayor.
butchor 8 months ago
How can I motherfucker say anything bad about The Wire?????
bogoio 1 year ago 4
i like carcetti better
goceltics339 1 year ago 2
Na, its nothing like the real B-More...its worse.
WiseGuy5674 1 year ago
On Dec 1, 09, after 7 days of deliberations, the jury returned verdicts on 4 of the 5 remaining counts. Dixon was found not guilty of the two felony theft charges, and one count of misconduct of office. She was found guilty on one misdemeanor embezzlement charge relating to her use of over $600 worth of retail store gift cards that were intended to be distributed to needy families. The jury was unable to reach a unanimous decision regarding the final charge of misdemeanor embezzlement.
weavehole 1 year ago
@weavehole Well I'm convinced she's innocent...lol
Mike32587 1 year ago
She got indicted JUST LIKE CLAY DAVIS!
Reqrezentin 1 year ago
How can she in one sentence say its a fiction show that DOESN'T reflect Baltimore but in the next say shes learning from from the show and using it to reform the education system etc etc....Damn make up your mind bitch!!
hypnot1q 1 year ago
She's the mayor of Baltimore, but needed the 4th season of The Wire to realize there was problems in the public school system. I'm impressed...
dilmao 1 year ago 4
hahaha the wire is fiction, considering one of the characters is based on her and reflex's her carrier very accurately
Chriseycarlyeah324 1 year ago
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@Chriseycarlyeah324
"ne of the characters is based on her and reflex's her carrier very accurately
Chriseycarlyeah324 5 days ago"
Correction: "reflects her career."
Did you go to school in Baltimore?
bapyou 1 year ago
And how long did it take for Sheila to be done for perjury and misconduct.... this interview should be taken with a massive grain of salt considering this...
bartonamon 1 year ago
Baltimore's a shithole!
OnThatPowder 1 year ago
Fuck The Sopranos¡¡¡ The Wire rules¡¡
muertosdetumare 1 year ago
@muertosdetumare man, NO FUCK u man! Sopranos is easily some of the best shit ever. The Wire is one of the best too....but fuck u and let me straddle your head and shoot my slong in your hair!
OnThatPowder 1 year ago
She's a politician, or at least used to be. She's required to paint the pretty picture and deny it. The truth is that the Wire was the most accurate depiction of the crime and drug problem in Baltimore.
Engine13Lt 1 year ago
bla bla bla 'my career is much more important than what the wire is sayin' bla bla bla. She wd get more respect if she quoted Omar and said 'S'all in the game yo'.
Struckgold 1 year ago 2
I havent' lived in that craphole for six years and I thank god there is no future in Baltimore the only future you have to look forward to is life as a drug addict / drug dealer or working a city jobi left cause I wanted better for myself, partsmet take it from a former resident Baltimore doesnt' matter,
Antwoine19 1 year ago
No meekmop is wrong mr. partsmet I' one many former Baltimore who woke up and saw the city for what it truly is first of the problem with that city is many of the resident would rather live off the government instead of trying to better themselves, second: the schools are bad cause most of the kids dont' want to learn anything instead they wanna cuss out teachers and fight Ive' seen this with my own eyes
Antwoine19 1 year ago
straight into doublespeak mode
aidy12354 2 years ago
She didn't seem to get the concept of jury nullification of law. Duhhr. You can't improve the war on drugs (the war on the american people) --you can only end it.
voterforkennedy 2 years ago
It's brilliant how she has been indicted for things that occur in the wire, and then she has the nerve to say that it's all fiction
tfn105 2 years ago
@tfn105
She doesn't say that anywhere.
partsmet 1 year ago
@partsmet Err... her opening words are, "well, I mean, the show is a fiction show and I don't think it reflects Baltimore".
And yet she gets done in real life in a not too dissimilar fashion to Clay Davis in the show. That's my point.
tfn105 1 year ago
look at nerese campbell
cs00024 2 years ago
She went down hard.
valuepack79 2 years ago
What a bitch.
SolomonJonesIsBack 2 years ago
Now I know nothing about Baltimore aside from what I've seen in The Wire, but politicians in The Wire act just like this. It doesn't surprise me that the mayor isn't saying "Yeah Baltimore's a shithole full of drugs and corruption".
nonnynay 2 years ago
@nonnynay
That's because it isn't. You are ignorant. You should feel ashamed. What if i saw a photo of your mom and said "I know she is complete whore". Would that be fair? Don't think so.
partsmet 1 year ago
Did you write that in a fit of rage? For one thing that analogy doesn't work at all, it's just a lame attempt at an insult.
I'm not saying "Baltimore is a shithole", I'm saying "I'm not surprised she's not saying Baltimore is a shithole". How is not accepting the Mayor's opinion ignorant while blindly accepting it despite having no personal experience not?
The only logic I can find in that kind of thinking is troll logic.
nonnynay 1 year ago
@nonnynay
It wasn't an insult. It was an good analogy which only a troll like you wouldn't accept. Can you tell me one leader of anything that is going to say "yes, what i head is a piece of shit."? Really? you're kidding yourself then. You have to visit a place before you degrade it, as you have.
partsmet 1 year ago
It wasn't a good analogy, because it's nothing like what I wrote. A good analogy would have been "I know nothing about your mother, but I'm not surprised you're not calling her a whore".
Read what I've wrote and you'll realise you just agreed with me. No Mayor would say their city is a dump, so them saying it isn't a dump is obvious.
I don't know much about Baltimore that's why I haven't degraded it. Read my original comment. You will see this.
nonnynay 1 year ago
She reminds me of Nerese
DesyEagle 2 years ago
Nerese is Sheila Dixon just like Carcetti is Martin O'Malley. I love how excited she is to see Simon trash the media - season 5 is when Nerese proves to be one of the slimiest characters in the whole run of the show and there's no way Dixon wouldn't take that personally (nor secretly admit that every last detail is true to life).
chowfun18 2 years ago
How funny is this !
She said at the top, The Wire is not Baltimore, a few months later she arrested for stealing gift cards intended for the less fortunate.
It goes way beyond ironic, my English fails me.
David Simon doesnt need to make it up !
Beautiful !
southsidebanjo 2 years ago 4
It's Bush's fault!
rkoliver1 2 years ago
im from bmore and everything on the wire is true
DatBoiRome22 2 years ago
She is lying. I lived in Baltimore city forever and just about ever corner has a deep reflection of the wire. Only it's worse. She steals anyway, that should tell you everything you need to know about how much she cares about the struggles of citizens in this city.
flatout09 2 years ago
head in sand anyone?
talkstosocks 2 years ago
Well she would say that, wouldn't she?
Kousaburo 2 years ago
THIEF!
LamontDaGrizzly 2 years ago
aint' that the truth
Antwoine19 2 years ago
Narese!
SemajPetrille 2 years ago
SHE LIES!
The Wire is a perfect representation of what Balitimore is really like.
djvampyre 2 years ago
None of you can spell
gimpusOID 2 years ago
wasn't she done for corruption or was it another Mayor?
CalP0L 2 years ago
Yeah, she was indicted for using gift cards for the poor on herself to buy random crap, fur coats and playstations.
batuo5 2 years ago
she's on trial as we speak, for taking gift cards donated for poor inner city kids and spending them on herself
talkstosocks 2 years ago
oh man i knew she was in trouble for something but i didnt know what....thats great... i mean not great for the kids but it just goes to show u how true the show is....she sounds like a cross between nerese campbell and clay davis
cs00024 2 years ago
and to smoldie theres no point in even try and another problem will the politics in that city is that the city officials keep trying like mayor dumb dixon to sugercoat the citys' problems instead of trying to fix them the lady is out of touch way way out of touch and until Baltimore gets a mayor thats' intelligent and knows what they are talking about the population will continue to go down even futher.
Antwoine19 2 years ago
and dont' write to me cause I will not respond to any more of your foolish comments and a word of advice grauate from high school first and then come back and talk to me when you get on my level of matureity.
Antwoine19 2 years ago
To meekmop please shut up I and people formerly from Baltimore who are realize that this city is beyond helping it doesnt' take a college graduate to figure that out the smart ones are the ones who leave who want to make something of themselves behind hanging on the corner and not getting anywhere in life. no honey I not the problem and judging by the way you spell that city s' not helping you either. maybe when you get enough more common sense you will leave that useless city too.
Antwoine19 2 years ago
@Antwoine19
Meekmop's right. You are simply proving his point with this response. You are the problem.
partsmet 1 year ago
no meekmop is wrong first off: Im one many former baltimore resident who woke up and saw the city for what it really is, second the problem with baltimore is that most resident there want to live off the government instead of bettering themselves,third: I havent' lived in that dump for six years and I thank god, and fourth: theres no future in that city,
Antwoine19 1 year ago
Sheila Dixon comes off as an inarticulate idiot. David Simon needs to run for mayor.
korourke80 2 years ago 5
He'd win.
pizzawar 2 years ago
a city cant' become better unless its' citizens are willing to change their way of thinking but the reality is Baltimore will never become better until the people there change their attitudes toward education and other things.this city needs lots of prayer a lot
Antwoine19 2 years ago
Yep your right.
nmr20067 2 years ago
How about putting the bible/Koran/Torah down and becoming fully engaged in the political process locally; within the crumbling infrastructure that has failed so many of the populace for generations.
SMoldie 2 years ago
This poor city needs help and I so glad I left I dont' even like calling my self a Baltimore native. great city I think mayor Dixon needs to take a second look at that city failing schools, a corrupt police force , high crime,dirty streets, no to mention a bad football team.nobody or anything can help that city its' in the pits,I think most people on here would agree.
Antwoine19 2 years ago
You are part of the reason the city is in the codition it's in. They say they have no part in it, when really, they are who destroys the city. You have destroyed this city. Luckly people who are smarter than you are actually doning someting about it instead of neglecting the city, leaving it behind, like you. Please, take time to realize this truth
meekmop 2 years ago
I have lived & worked in Baltimore all of my life which entitles me to say the following: THE WIRE is unequivocally the most accurate portrayal of Baltimore's political & drug culture ever presented. Shockingly prescient, one merely needs to watch the 5 o'clock news for proof of the problems that local politicians so desperately try to sugar coat. Mayor Dixon's squirming as she stammers to answer the questions presented her are clearly the result of one undeniable fact - THE TRUTH HURTS!
jalphabet5 2 years ago 3
jalphabet5 your right, It feels like politics all over the world. Politicians spinning the obvious failures is depressingly prevalent where every there is deprivation and a crumbling infrastructure. Peace and continued Wire love bro from a fellow convert.
SMoldie 2 years ago
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I have lived & worked in Baltimore all of my life which entitles me to say the following: THE WIRE is unequivocally the most accurate portrayal of Baltimore's political & drug culture ever presented. Shockingly prescient, one merely needs to watch the 5 o'clock news for proof of the problems that local politicians so desperately try to sugar coat. Mayor Dixon's squirming as she stammers to answer the questions presented her are clearly the result of one undeniable fact - THE TRUTH HURTS!
jalphabet5 2 years ago
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jalphabet5 2 years ago
I've never been to Baltimore, but she sounds like shes just feeding people political platitudes, and doing everything that the show is criticizing the institutions for.
tehmode 3 years ago
I've never been to Baltimore or even America before but she sounds so full of shit to me too. Especially @2:20 when she starts to say the media portrayal in the Wire is accurate but of coursssssssse, everything else negative to her isn't. Big WHATEVERRRR!
fomiz 2 years ago 3
Apathy. That mother fucking city gave up years ago.
shepard45 3 years ago 2
Sheila Dixon the Mayor? Oh, my goodness! You go girl! You've come a long way since the karate school days. I'm happy for you. Keep up the good work. I'm a long way from baltimore now but I remember you. Kick ass Sheila!
ATOM09 3 years ago
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No actually this is about race. On a percentage basis, black polticians get into far more legal trouble then whites. Now maybe there could also be a correlation drawn that it's almost always democrats getting in trouble, and not just blacks, that's possible
chartrick 3 years ago
Your "percentage basis" statement is premised not on facts, but on your own jaundiced biased view of the world. What percentage of blacks elected to statewide office have been indicted or convicted? Can you name one? I can't. But I can name Stevens, Vitter, Gov. Ryan, Gov. Blago.
As for Democrats "almost always" being the ones in trouble, how are Rep. Cunningham and Scooter Libby doing? Surely you can't be so biased that you refuse to see that broken politics knows no party or race.
enigmatic518 3 years ago
sure i agree that there are crooks in both parties, they are politicians after all, but every black politician i have ever seen acts just like the black basketball and football players, they act like verybody owes them something, they are almost gods simply because of their position in life, well fuck that. and by the way, there are a lot more arrests and convitions of democrats than repubs, you might want to do some fact checking and realize that im telling the truth
chartrick 3 years ago
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Why such racial terms? Dixson's transgressions are no more racial than Sen. Ted Stevens', Maj. Leader Tom DeLay's, Rep. Mark Foley's, or Sen. Larry Craig's. Additionally, the examples of exceptional black leadership abound: Rep. John Lewis, Rep. Artur Davis, Adrian Fenty, Cory Booker.
This isn't about the pigment of anyone's skin. It's about a politician's breach of the public trust. That's always misfortunate, race notwithstanding.
enigmatic518 3 years ago
Why such racial terms? Dixson's transgressions are no more racial than Sen. Ted Stevens', Maj. Leader Tom DeLay's, Rep. Mark Foley's, or Sen. Larry Craig's. Additionally, the examples of exceptional black leadership abound: Rep. John Lewis, Rep. Artur Davis, Adrian Fenty, Cory Booker.
This isn't about the pigment of anyone's skin. It's about a politician's breach of the public trust. That's always misfortunate, race notwithstanding.
enigmatic518 3 years ago 2
Wow, Dixon indicted on theft and perjury charges.
Somewhere Clay Davis is smiling thinking
SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!
ace11rothstein 3 years ago 3
LOL SHEEEEEEEYAT
tehmode 3 years ago
Nerese would eat her alive
punelle 3 years ago
she's dumb. in one breath she says the wire isn't reflective of Baltiomre, in the next breath she talks about being inspired by their critique of the city's failing school and realising something needs t be done about them lol
harrygreb75 3 years ago 3
hey she really likes the show.. she's just a little grumpy that she's the one who ends up fielding off all the negative publicity about her city.
zaph0dd 3 years ago
Ha! She sounds just like one of the characters in The Wire! I don't know what I would say, were I in her position, but she clearly misses the point.
betsarama 3 years ago
no she doesn't. she's just acting, that's her job.
questionful 3 years ago
Damn, the feds raided her home. Life intimidating art?
QuietOne1986 3 years ago
This has been flagged as spam show
id fuck her
oa666 3 years ago
As Americans we should hate all politicians. The fact that some can actually look up to any of these people, I don't care who, is a sign of someone who needs a healthy injection of reality.
theytd 3 years ago
all baltimore politicians probably hate the wire
deadfresh10 4 years ago 22
@deadfresh10 Bet dey fukkin luv it now. lol now that it's off da air. i wonder how they would feel about "The Wire The Movie"???.
myleftnutts 1 year ago
They don't call it Bodymore, Murdaland...for nothing...Avon Barksdale and Marlo Stainsfield only represent for at least 30 years of thugging...the Godfather of Baltimore Melvin Williams...politiced with Carlos Gambino and Paul Bonnano...from the 5 families in New York...back in the mid 70's...West Baltimore versus EastBaltimore rivalries..beefs with different housing projects..the poverty..she lives in the county and is worried about tourism for the harbor..dead bodies are in abandoned houses
BigDapPacino 4 years ago 4
She looks like a good looking woman who's best days are behind her.
BigGreg82 4 years ago
she aint no model man, she a politian
FUNKEYED 3 years ago 2
You right
BigGreg82 3 years ago
yo she even looks like Narice.
Simon had the local pols down pat - Carcetti as O'Malley, anyone?
babwah 4 years ago 8
Yup she Does look like Narice
1aaronwaugh 4 years ago 3
Sad that even Afro-Americans who are politicians have to save face instead of tell the truth. Ask "Snoop" Pearson if The Wire reflects Baltimore, and see and hear what her answer is! I'm from Philly, and although we've been number one for homicides with a handgun the past three years, guess what city is right up there with us? .... in fact, the Baltimore/ D.C. area held this infamous "crown" so to speak long before Philly did, and she comes out of her mouth saying that about the show? Wake up!
alcorderyjr 4 years ago 4
I live in Baltimore, this city is F*cuekd Up. The police are terrible, the city inept. The city is dirty, crime rules the streets. I moved here for school, can't wait to leave.
anthonypace 4 years ago 4
haha
pacmanlegend 4 years ago
bmore is truly a forgotten city in many people's eyes. but there's so much to love about this town, and these problems discussed on THE WIRE can be addressed and resolved if people learn how to listen
bmore808 4 years ago
She is a bit contradicting if you ask me. She says the show doesn't reflect B-More, but then she turns around and says the school issues & police issues are things that occur in B-more; so how is the show not reflecting aspects of B-More?
+ David NEVER said the show was about all of B-More. And of course the type of things that happen in the show (or in B-More) also happen across the U.S & possibly The World, no one is denying that. If she truly watch the show, she would know this.
DJMONKAY 4 years ago
She's a politican and the Mayor - what do you expect her to say? Sure, there are positive aspects to Baltimore but that's not the focus of The Wire.
senoJSR 4 years ago 4
all cities are urban dumb bitch
Bignastyman 4 years ago
no they are not stfu
pacmanlegend 4 years ago
This is the female Clay Davis! She's full off shheeeeeiiiiitttt !!!!
tyniqua 4 years ago 26
rofl . soo fucking true. she just feels caught out that the character is soo much like her.
sugawolf6 4 years ago 2
AHAHAH! Whoever goes against her in the next elections should print that out on the campaign signs.
Zenophobius 4 years ago
@tyniqua I think Councilwoman Nerese Campbell's character was based on Dixon.
ohen 1 year ago 2
i know the wire is fiction but it's based on ture things
welll i do thinks it reflects baltiomre because i watch the wire and i see the same stuff out side my house
for the record i live in baltiomre and things like that really happen so yeah
deequah 4 years ago 3
her nephew is juan dixon, he is one of my favorite players on the raptors,
I know the Wire is fiction, but 280+ murders for such a small city, thats sad, maybe colvins idea isn't so bad, we kinda have that here in vancouver, oh ya and the guns things too is kinda a problem, I looked at the map of all the homicides in 2007 and about 80% of them are all gun murders
apatheticsunshine 4 years ago 4
wasnt juan dixon's father or grandfather a gangster in baltimore??
deadfresh10 4 years ago 2
Oh my gosh! Thanks for posting this! Noreece looks just like her... haha, dude, said "have you seen the first episode [of this season] yet?", and she said "no, but i hope to"! rofl!
inboxes 4 years ago 2