Fraser Smith: A case built on a house of cards 

Posted: 9:08 pm Thu, November 19, 2009
By C. Fraser Smith

No one ever wants to acknowledge the elephant in the room. Closing arguments Thursday in the trial of Mayor Sheila Dixon left out almost entirely the underlying issue: Cozy relationships between developers and public officials are corrosive and costly to the taxpayer — and to the system. If millions of dollars in taxes are forgiven in exchange ...