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When FBI agents arrested then-County Executive Jack Johnson in a corruption inquiry in Prince George's in November, his newly elected successor, Rushern Baker, was loath to talk about the case. Baker didn't want lurid controversy over an allegedly crooked government to distract attention from jobs, schools and other pressing issues.
It's different today. Six weeks after taking office Dec. 6, Baker talks openly about the need to battle the county's "pay to play" culture.
"We've got to deal with the elephant in the room," Baker (D) said in an interview Thursday. "The perception is you can't get a fair shake in Prince George's County. Whether that's real or imaginary, we've got to deal with it. And the only way to do that is to assure people that here are the extra steps that we're going through to say that is not acceptable in Prince George's County."
Baker isn't ducking issue of corruption in Pr. George's
Seeded on Sun Jan 23, 2011 7:18 PM EST
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