Baltimore’s acting mayor has ordered a review of the most recent city contracts after the elected mayor stepped aside amid a scandal involving the sale of her self-published children’s books.
Acting Mayor Jack Young told reporters Wednesday he’s directed Baltimore’s law department to pull roughly 90 of the most recently authorized contracts. Pending contracts before the city’s spending board will also be reviewed.
Baltimore’s spending board has five voting members, including the mayor and city council president. Young is city council president but started leading Baltimore this week when elected Mayor Catherine Pugh went on an indefinite leave.
Citing deteriorating health, Pugh stepped away shortly after Maryland’s governor asked the state prosecutor to investigate her highly lucrative book deals, including a $500,000 arrangement with the University of Maryland Medical System.
