Ex-Baltimore Mayor's Fur Coat Becomes Ethics Prop
Friday, Mar 19, 2010 | Updated 8:16 PM EDT
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A Persian lamb jacket used as evidence against ousted Baltimore mayor Sheila Dixon will be used to teach ethics to university employees.
Susan Gillette, senior university counsel at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, told The Baltimore Sun that she bought the coat with her own money at an eBay auction this week. Her winning bid was $1,700.
The sand-colored jacket sports an evidence tag, ideal, Gillette said, to use as a prop during ethics training. It can make ethics rules like "don't accept gifts from vendors" come alive.
After the ethics training, Gillete might donate the jacket to a museum, she said, perhaps for an exhibit on women in politics.
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