Sheila Dixon

Sergio Vitale (R) showed off his fundraising prowess, while U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Mechanicsville) and other House leaders bungled the bailout vote on Monday. They're among this week's Winners & Losers. | CLICK HERE

The state prosecutor's office has issued a new batch of subpoenas, suggesting a two-year long probe involving Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon (D) is still underway, according to The Baltimore Sun.

The subpoenas are being aimed at four development projects, according to the Sun. Ronald Lipscomb, a Baltimore developer, is involved in at least three.

Well how about that? Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, a reformer who won a 2007 upset in the wake of John Street, is making Sheila Dixon look good.

Now the plethora of stories that makes for the big finish called “Burns-pourri.” Here is the July edition through alliteration.

Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon (D) has hired a new lawyer according the Examiner.

Dixon is currently under investigation for public corruption for failing to report gifts on her financial disclosures as required by law.

Arnold M. Weiner, a defense attorney, helped defend former Gov. Marvin Mandel’s (D-Baltimore) trial in 1977. Mandel, who was charged with mail fraud and racketeering, was originally found guilty, but the case was eventually overturned.

“I can only say at this point that she is a great mayor and I am looking forward to representing her,” Weiner told the Examiner. “But I’m relatively new to the case so I don’t want to say too much.”

Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon named Demanue Millard as her new chief of staff on Friday.

Prior to his appointment as Dixon’s chief of staff, Millard served the mayor as Director of the Office of Governmental Relations since January 2007. He also served as a principle legislative liaison to the Maryland Department of Transportation for four years and has worked as a legislative aide for U.S. Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Baltimore).

More from PolitickerMD.com:

• Will allegations curtail Dixon’s political future?
• Ethics, pumps and 'Choo’s'
• Dixon: 'I wasn't the mayor then.'

Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon: Campaign photoIn the midst of investigations and allegations of public corruption surrounding Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon (D), it remains unclear what effect the fiasco will have on her public image and political future.

Solid facts surrounding her relationship with Ronald H. Lipscomb remain unclear, but Dixon acknowledged Monday that she had a personal relationship with the prominent developer in 2003 and 2004, according the Baltimore Sun.

At a press conference on Wednesday, Dixon vowed: “I’m gonna survive this, because I only take this business of what I do one day at a time.”

Even if Dixon does survive, and isn’t forced to resign, the political damage could be extensive. According to Byron Warnken, a law professor at the University of Baltimore, Dixon faces “absolute, absolute political problems.”

“I think that if she had higher political office aspirations” then they are in “serious jeopardy,” he told PolitickerMD.com.