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Dixon abstains from Doracon vote

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Mayor Sheila Dixon Wednesday recused herself from a vote affecting a city development firm owned by her former boyfriend.

Baltimore’s Board of Estimates voted to pre-qualify 13 contractors, including Doracon Contracting Inc., to bid on city projects. The company is owned by Ronald Lipscomb, who, along with Dixon, publicly acknowledged in June they had a brief personal relationship and exchanged gifts.

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